Bollywood: popular Indian Cinema
Edited by Lalit Mohan Joshi
The current British fascination with Bollywood has never been as intense as now, with a slew of South Asian cinema related events happening across the country, spearheaded by the BFI's immensely successful South Asian Cinema festival. This book seems to have then hit booksellers at exactly the right time. As BBC News says "This lavishly illustrated study comes at a time when interest in the West all things Bollywood is at an unprecedented high."
Edited by Lalit Mohan Joshi who also edits the excellent quarterly South Asian Cinema, the book is an invaluable guide to anyone who is interested in the Indian film industry but new to it. Almost every aspect of the industry is covered whether it is filmmaker/poet Gulzar's analysis of song and dance or filmmaker Shyam Benegal's examination of the state of the business today. If we add the many colourful images the book is richly adorned with, we have a welcome addition to any coffee table.
Naman Ramachandran
