{"product_id":"helen-the-making-of-a-bollywood-h-bomb-9789354474743","title":"Helen the Making of a Bollywood H-Bomb","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is now well over three decades since the Hindi-film heroine drove the vamp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto extinction, and even longer since the silver screen was ignited by the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrue Bollywood version of a cabaret. Yet, Helen-nicknamed 'H-Bomb' at the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheight of her career-continues to rule the popular imagination. Improbably, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor an 'item girl'-who rarely appeared for more than five minutes in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emovie-she has become an icon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerry Pinto's sparkling book is a study of the phenomenon that was Helen: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy did a refugee of French-Burmese parentage succeed as wildly as she did\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein mainstream Indian cinema? How could otherwise conservative families\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esit through, and even enjoy, her cabarets? What made Helen 'the desire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat you need not be embarrassed about feeling'? How did she manage the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunimaginable: vamp three generations of men on screen?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqually, the book is a gloriously witty and provocative examination of middleclass Indian morality; the politics of religion, gender and sexuality in popular\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eculture; and the importance of the song, the item number and the wayward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewoman in Hindi cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354474743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.61d","brand":"Jerry Pinto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52801176338613,"sku":"9789354474743","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/helen-the-making-of-a-bollywood-h-bomb-9789354474743","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}