{"product_id":"fantasies-of-a-bollywood-love-thief-inside-the-world-of-indian-moviemaking-paperback","title":"Fantasies of a Bollywood Love Thief: Inside the World of Indian Moviemaking - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Alter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBollywood movies are glorious, colorful spectacles of romance, action, drama, song, and dance. The biggest film industry in the world, Bollywood puts out some nine hundred movies a year, which are watched by passionate fans around the globe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStephen Alter--a writer who grew up in India and has inside access to Bollywood--acts as translator and tour guide in this firsthand look into the world of Bombay films. Following the making of a Bollywood version of Othello, he explores the enormous popularity of Hindi movies and reveals the actors, directors, musicians, and feats of artifice that make them so compelling and unique. From the blessing ceremony performed each time a movie starts shooting to the secrets behind the song- and-dance extravaganzas, Fantasies of a Bollywood Love-Thief is a beguiling introduction to the rituals and culture of a moviemaking industry so similar to and yet utterly different from our own.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMasala: 1. A pungent concoction of spices that excites all five senses. 2. The perfect combination of dramatic elements in a successful Bollywood film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bollywood movies are glorious, colorful spectacles of romance, action, drama, song, and dance. India has the biggest film industry in the world, which produces some 900 movies a year, watched by passionate fans around the globe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Stephen Alter a writer who grew up in India and has inside access to Bollywood acts as translator and tour guide in this firsthand look into the world of Bombay films. Following the making of a Bollywood version of \u003ci\u003eOthello, \u003c\/i\u003e he explores the enormous popularity of Hindi movies and reveals the actors, directors, musicians, and feats of artifice that make them so compelling and unique. From the blessing ceremony performed each time a movie starts shooting to the secrets behind the song-and-dance extravaganzas, \u003ci\u003eFantasies of a Bollywood Love Thief\u003c\/i\u003e is a beguiling introduction to the rituals and culture of a moviemaking industry so similar to and yet utterly different from our own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN ALTER\u003c\/b\u003e is the highly praised author of seven books of fiction and four books of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eElephas Maximus: A Portrait of the Indian Elephant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSacred Waters: A Pilgrimmage up the Ganges River to the Source of Hindu Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. As a writer-in-residence at MIT, he received both a Guggenheim and a Fulbright fellowship. He now lives and writes in India.\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.54 x 4.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748123640096,"sku":"9780156030847","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5f3529c1165f802f4123dc646a6720f8.webp?v=1779904894","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fantasies-of-a-bollywood-love-thief-inside-the-world-of-indian-moviemaking-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}