{"product_id":"fantasies-of-a-bollywood-love-thief-inside-the-world-of-indian-moviemaking-9780156030847","title":"Fantasies of a Bollywood Love Thief: Inside the World of Indian Moviemaking","description":"Bollywood 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dey Street Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156030847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.54h x 4.34w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/07\/2007 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2007 pg. 639\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2007 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stephen Alter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273720819893,"sku":"9780156030847","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f0e254e3-b458-49e5-8eaf-b8ef64cfce30.jpg?v=1718082188","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fantasies-of-a-bollywood-love-thief-inside-the-world-of-indian-moviemaking-9780156030847","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}