{"product_id":"2940000205525","title":"Bollywood: The Pocket Essential Guide","description":"Bombay's prolific Hindi-language film industry is more than just a giant entertainment juggernaut for 1 billion-plus Indians worldwide. It's a part of Indian culture, language, fashion and lifestyles. It's also a great bundle of contradictions and contrasts, like India itself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrillers, horror, murder mysteries, courtroom dramas, Hong Kong-style action gunfests, romantic comedies, soap operas, mythological costume dramas... they're all blended with surprising skill into the musical boy-meets-girl formula of Bollywood. The results are a bizarre, overblown mixture of high concept, ethnic colour, traditional values, high-pitched emotional drama, sizzling sensuality and music, always music. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat's in this book? As well as an introductory essay, a selection of 25 major seminal films are examined in entertaining, intimate detail. There's also a section on the current state of the industry, the star system, film music and a list of additional books and films that will help you enjoy and make sense of the new Hindi movie showing at your nearest multiplex. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAshok Banker is a well-known Indian columnist, novelist and scriptwriter. He has authored over 1700 entertaining and often controversial articles and columns on the entertainment and media biz in India.","brand":"Pocketessentials","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076136157424,"sku":"2940000205525","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000205525","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}