Bollywood: a history/
Mihir Bose
- Gloucestershire: Tempus, 2007.
- 380 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
pt. 1: In step with the world. The creators ; The mighty banyan tree ; Growing under the banyan tree -- pt. 2: When Bollywood was like Hollywood : the studio era. Mavericks, eccentrics, bigamists ; The road to Bombay via Munich and London ; Making a nation through films ; The children of Rai ; Blondes and brunettes: Bollywood's white women -- pt. 3: Minting film gold in Bombay. Searching for the right masala ; The great Indian showman ; Bollywood's classic era ; Asif's Godot finally arrives -- pt. 4: A laugh, a song and a tear. The explosion of the Bombay film song ; Laughter and tears -- pt. 5: Anger and after. A shy man and his use of anger ; The great Indian curry western ; Change in a time of darkness ; The final frontier.