This triumphant novel about the razzle-dazzle of the Hindi film industry confirms Shashi Tharoor's reputation as one of India's most important voices and a writer of world stature. His hero - or antihero - is Ashok Banjara, one of Bollywood's mega-movie stars, a man of great ambition and dubious morals. With irrepressible charm and a genius for stature, Tharoor portrays the film world with all its Hollywoodesque glitz and glamour, egos and double standards, as a metaphor for modern society.
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Synopsis:
On-screen fiction and off-screen reality intertwine in a story of the glitz, glamour, egos, and double standards found in the Hollywoodesque Indian film world.
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- PublisherARCADE
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1559702273
- ISBN 13 9781559702270
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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