Baradwaj interviews Anupama Chopra, author of King of Bollywood.
Anupama Chopra’s book on Shah Rukh Khan is as much the story of an actor as the micro-chronicle of a nation. It takes us through the personal life of our biggest star (from the courtship of his parents to his courting of Gauri Khan), through his career (from the simple TV days to the stratospheric present), through Bollywood (from its unassuming, folksy nature in the fifties to the glitzy, global brand it is today), and through India, then and now, all the while folding into its narrative the oddly endearing intimate anecdote. (“In the early days, when he couldn’t afford gel, Shah Rukh tried to contain [his unruly hair] with a homemade mixture of Camlin glue and water.â€?)
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