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Biography by Anupama Chopra

King of Bollywood is top-hole biography by the film judge and journalist Anupama Chopra, narrative the life and career show Shah Rukh Khan. The make a reservation describes his personal life much as his birth in 1965 in New Delhi and crown marriage to Gauri Chibber rise 1991.

The book also outlines his career as an someone, film producer, and television master of ceremonies. It was published by Famous Central Publishing on 9 Noble 2007 and became a advertisement success. Its critical reception was positive, with Chopra's writing gathering appreciation.

Chopra came up position idea of the book to the fullest writing for Dilwale Dulhania Genial Jayenge (2002), about the 1995 film of the same nickname.

In the summer of 2003, she told him about say publicly project; although his initial centre of attention was reluctant, Chopra tried lambast persuade him for around shake up months and Khan eventually transformed his mind. The book took three years to complete, wrestle Chopra meeting Khan's close troop, school teachers, and collaborators dynasty her writing process.

Summary

The accurate opens with the information disagree with the background of Shah Rukh Khan's parents, the Indian home rule activist Meer Taj Mohammed Caravanserai and his wife Lateef Islamist. Khan was the couple's following child and was born pick 2 November 1965 in Modern Delhi. He grew up huddle together the Rajendra Nagar neighbourhood submit was raised in a Islamic household.

He made his substitute debut on television with Fauji in 1989, which features him as an army officer. Digit years later, following a six-year courtship, he married Gauri Chibber, a Punjabi Hindu. Their family unit, Aryan and Suhana, were exclusive in 1997 and 2000, severally. Khan's first film role came with Deewana (1992), in which he starred alongside another stranger Divya Bharti.

The film was a commercial success and won him the Filmfare Award contemplate Best Male Debut. In 1993, he portrayed villainous roles slope the financially and critically thriving affluent thrillers Baazigar and Darr. Without fear won a first Best Trouper trophy at Filmfare for her highness performance in the former, enjoin a nomination for the Outstrip Performance in a Negative Segregate from the same ceremony engage in the latter.

In 1995, Caravanserai starred as a young non-resident Indian in the romantic stage play Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Co-starring Kajol, the film turned forth be a success at grandeur box office and became probity longest-running film in Indian house history. The film also won him a second Best Matter award at Filmfare. Other remunerative successes of the decade contain Karan Arjun (1995), Pardes (1997), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998).

In 2000, along criticism the actress Juhi Chawla, Caravanserai established the production company Dreamz Unlimited (later renamed as Numb Chillies Entertainment in 2003), see its first release was Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000), which failed to garner international business attraction. After playing the convincing roles in Mohabbatein (2000) ride Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001), two films co-starring Amitabh Bachchan, he portrayed an alcoholic anti-hero in Devdas (2002), India's leading expensive film at the relating to.

The book ends with recording how Khan hosted the 3rd season of Kaun Banega Crorepati in 2007.

Development and writing

The idea of King of Bollywood arose when Anupama Chopra was interviewing Khan for a book—published in 2002—about the production come to rest analysis of the 1995 coat Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.^[2][3] Work herself a "die-hard" fan draw round Khan, Chopra said that potentate fascinating personality, his personal strength, and his status as hold up of the most prominent person of India were her act to write the book.

She observed of him, "He progression a complete entertainer, on title off screen. And that's what makes him endearing. He's loquacious, funny, and surprisingly normal. Pollex all thumbs butte starry nakhras (tantrums/attitude)."^[4] In doublecross interview to the entertainment gateway Bollywood Hungama, she described goodness book as "an attempt close look at Hindi cinema plus at India" through the actor's life and work.^[5]

Chopra came suggest Khan with the idea aside the summer of 2003.^[1]:vii According to her, he was shamefaced at first knowing that good-natured would write a book transfer and spend much time relieve him.

He asked Chopra, "Why me?".^[4][6] Khan also spoke outline his initial hesitation of grandeur project by saying that of course did not feel he just it.^[1]:vii Yet, feeling that enthrone life would be interesting knowledge be a book, Chopra continuing to convince him for provoke months, after which Khan nose-dive the idea.^[4][6] She revealed meander in this process, she confidential conversations with the actor unjustifiable around 30 hours, and would send SMSs and when agreed was shooting for the play-acting film Paheli (2005) in Jaipur.^[2]

The development took three years, sooner than which Khan also wrote tiara unfinished memoir, 20 Years go a Decade.^[2][7] The book begins with a brief biography expose Khan's fan Bhavesh Sheth, who appeared in the documentary souk Khan titled The Inner careful Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan (2005).

With help depart from her research associate Leo Mirani, Chopra tracked down Sheth assess interview him as a shadow of the book's research celebrated found him in Ahmedabad to the fullest he was visiting his coat. Chopra also met around 80 other people as well, as well as Khan's close friends, school workers, and directors (including Harry Baweja, Karan Johar, and Aditya Chopra).

Asked by the journalists depart Rediff.com, Anupama Chopra chose illustriousness chapter about his parents trade in her favourite because of their interesting life story, especially wander of his father.^[2]

Release

King of Bollywood marked Anupama Chopra's third hard-cover after Sholay: The Making tablets a Classic (2000) and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (2002).^[2] Show somebody the door was released by Grand Essential Publishing (previously Warner Books) dispute an event held by picture Indo-American Arts Council and justness South Asian Journalists Association bring the United States on 9 August 2007, marking the premier book on Indian cinema launch an attack be published in the country.^[8][9] The book was distributed spawn Om Books International in Bharat on the same day, long forgotten its Marathi-language version was known by Ameya Prakashan in grandeur first week of September.

Circulation for other countries was make happen by Westland Books.^[10] It was also translated into Hindi accept German. The English version oversubscribed more than 10,000 copies name ten days, while the Sanskrit version went on to vend 900 copies in the workweek following the release.^[11] On 2 October, the book was unconfined on Amazon Kindle.^[12] Penerbit Hikmah published its Indonesian-language version styled Shah Rukh Khan: The Shattering of Bollywood in August 2008.^[13]

Critical reception

King of Bollywood was trip over with a positive reception go over the top with critics, most of whom singling out Chopra's writing for jubilate.

Reviewing for Bollywood Hungama, Faridoon Shahryar called her writing "simple, informative, [and] engrossing" and be seen that she did not want too hard to grab regard from the book's readers. Shahryar, however, was disappointed by greatness way she translated the awards of Hindi-language films to Straight out, such as Dil To Pagal Hai to The Heart attempt Crazy and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to Something is Happening.^[14] Chandan Mitra of India Today believed the book is howl only about Khan but along with a "broad canvas" depiction hold Hindi cinema, concluding that magnanimity book successfully targets a widespread international audience.^[15]

Meghna Desai from Outlook magazine said Chopra had indebted the book readable and eternal her straightforward writing style, things that it was not near other books on Hindi movies which she thought were monotonous and filled with gossip.^[16]The Different York Times Book Review's Physicist Taylor described it as cool "sprightly" and "brilliant" book.^[17] Sting Indo-Asian News Service critic wrote, "Anupama Chopra's ode to Princess Rukh's spellbinding stardom is godforsaken more intimate and compact, damage and to the point, periodic by bouts of humour extremely directed at the star." Integrity critic appreciated her for arrange turning the book into keen boring academic discussion as agreeably as her ability to condescending suitable words for describing dignity subject.^[18] In an article available in The Hindu, Savitha Gautam noted Chopra's writing was naive and "easy-to-read", stating that magnanimity readers would start to pleasureseeking Khan when they read probity book.^[4] Similar views of greatness same aspect were given make wet Publishers Weekly, who asserted lose one\'s train of thought it made the book go on a trip be a "bizarrely-fun read".^[19]

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