Salaam Bollywood - The Pain and the Passion

Author: Bhawana SomaayaPublisher: Spantech & Lancer/TimelessYear: 1999Language: EnglishPages: 250ISBN/UPC (if available): 189782954X DescriptionThis book chronicles personal memoirs of incidents and encounters with film stars of Bollywood.How does it feel to be a film journalist? Do you believe in the world you work in? In the people you write about? I’m often asked such questions by friends and family. To them I’m answerable for the whacky world I’m associated with, though for the stars, I’m the outsider, left open-mouthed by the savagery of what I witness. But there is another side to stardom. The better side- of warmth and wisdom- that an outsider will never know. Inaccessibility prevents identification.Insecurity is an overwhelming emotion in any creative profession. In the film industry, it is more so. Film stars are peddlers of emotion and, therefore, there are more emotional wrecks in the film world than in any other place. There is same and scandal, exhibitionism and eccen