Bolly Book (The Big Book of Hindi Movie Trivia)
Book Specification
| Item Code: | NAL568 |
| Author: | Diptakirti Chaudhuri |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2014 |
| ISBN: | 9780143422174 |
| Pages: | 488 (30 B/W Illustrations) |
| Cover: | Paperback |
| Other Details | 9.0 inch x 7.0 inch |
| Weight | 540 gm |
Book Description
From Geet Gaata Chal (song that became movies), The Big Bong Theory (11 depictions of Bengalis) and Dawaa Ya Dua (8 kind of diseases) to Nishabd (10 silent scenes of Amitabh Bachchan) and Picture Abhi Baaki Hai (16 unusual ‘The End’s). Bollybook is chock-full of interesting asides, fascinating insights and utterly useless trivia from the world of Hindi cinema. Every page in this bumper book-the print equivalent of a 210-minute Bollywood epic-is going to engross and entertain you.
Diptakirti Chaudhuri is a salesman by day and writer by night.
This is his third book, and the second on Hindi cinema. He is currently working on biography of India’s most explosive screenwriters, Salim- Javed.
He lives in Gurgaon with his wife, a son and a daughter. They don’t share his obsessive love for the movies. Yet.
| Iss ilaakes mein naye aaye ho, sahab? | ix |
| Title Track | |
| Lights, Popcorn, Action: 12 Opening Credits | 2 |
| Pehli Mulaqat: 5 Famous First Meetings | 7 |
| Starting Small: 13 Low-Profile Debuts | 11 |
| Rishtey Naatey | 16 |
| Cine-Maa: 15 Mothers | 16 |
| The Baap of All Lists: 11 Fathers | 20 |
| Phoolon Ka, Taaron Ka, 12 Brother-Sister Pairs | 24 |
| Salaamat Rahe: 16 Friends | 27 |
| The Truth about Cats and Dogs: 10 Filmi Pets | 32 |
| Heartbreak Hotel: 13 Unlucky Star Children | 36 |
| Naya Daur: 9 Father and Sones Playing Fathers and Sons | 41 |
| Spiritual Ancestors: 5 Sets of Characters Who Grew into Each Other | 45 |
| Indian Idols | |
| Christian Brothers: 12 Depictions of Christianity | 50 |
| Jo Bole So Nihaal: 12 Depictions of Sikhs | 54 |
| Bawas in Bollywood: 9 Depictions of Parsis | 58 |
| Crossing the Vindhyas: 14 Depictions of South Indians | 62 |
| The Big Bong Theory: 11 Depictions of Bengalis | 67 |
| East, West, North, South: 8 Regional Superstars | 72 |
| Superman | |
| Kryptonite: 10 Superheroes | 78 |
| Independence Day: 10 Freedom Fighters | 83 |
| Unifored Ladies: 10 Women Police Officers | 88 |
| Men of Mystery: 008 Spies | 92 |
| Rakshak: 10 Bodyguards | 97 |
| Heavenly Bodies: 10 Unusual Gods | 101 |
| Not-so-scary Movies: 10 Ghosts in Non-horror Movies | 105 |
| Here, There, Everywhere | |
| Class Acts: 12 Star Teachers | 110 |
| In the Classroom: 10 Blackboards | 115 |
| Author, Author! 7 Men of Letters | 119 |
| Canvas on Celluloid: 10 Artists | 122 |
| Alpha Plus: 11 mbas | 127 |
| Kanoon Ka Haath: 13 Lawyers | 131 |
| Focused Peole: 12 Photographers | 136 |
| Roof over the Head: 10 Homes Bought or Rented | 140 |
| Eat to Live, Live to Eat: 11 Roles of Food | 144 |
| Never Up To Any Good | |
| Chor, Chor: 10 Thieves | 150 |
| Killer Kaun? 13 Clues to Identify Killers | 155 |
| Evil Eve: 10 Lady Villains | 159 |
| Jab Tak Suraj Chand Rahega: 10 Politicians | 163 |
| DawaaYa Dua: 8 Kinds of Diseases | 167 |
| All That Connects Us | |
| Stop Press: 10 Filmi Newspapers | 172 |
| Idiot Box: 9 TV Channels | 176 |
| Lifeline of the Nation: 10 Trains You Shouldn't Miss | 181 |
| Taking Flight: 10 Aircraft and Pilots | 186 |
| Vrroom, Vrroom: 10 Cars | 190 |
| One for the Road: 12 Road Movies | 195 |
| Hello, Hello: 10 Uses of Phones | 199 |
| Howzzat: 10 Cricketinng Movies | 204 |
| Beyond the Boundary: 10 Sports | 209 |
| Geet Sangeet | |
| All Together, Now: 9 Musical Medleys | 216 |
| Waak Engliss, Taak Engliss, 16 Lessons in English | 220 |
| Lines: 9 Poems | 223 |
| Sitar Aur Guitar: 12 Stringed Instruments | 230 |
| Undivided Attention | |
| Inked: 10 Tattoos | 236 |
| After a Bath: 9 Towel Scenes | 240 |
| Hot! Hot!! Hot!!! 10 Stars in Swimsuits | 244 |
| Half-Time | |
| Half-time Hero (in)es: 6 Appearances at the Interval Point | 250 |
| Face-off: 11 Lgendary Confrontations | 253 |
| Acting Talent | |
| Three's Crowd: 13 Actors Who Played Three Roles or More | 258 |
| Show Stealers: 6 Roles That Became Bigger than the Movie | 263 |
| Pride of India: 14 Miss Indias | 267 |
| Baar Baar, Lagataar: 16 Stars with Hat-tricks at Filmfare Awards | 272 |
| Yo Yo: 10 Famous Casting Flip-flops | 276 |
| Inspirations and Tributes | |
| Inspiration+Perspiration: 6 'Lifted' Plots | 282 |
| Reboot: 8 Decades of Reincarnation | 285 |
| The Great Indian Movie: 8 Movies Inspired by Epics | 289 |
| An Offer You Can't Rafuse: 6 Remakes of The Godfather or Parts Thereof | 293 |
| Hats Off: 7 Tributes by Film-makers | 296 |
| The Greatest Film Ever Made: 10 Tributes to Sholay | 299 |
| Coming Soon: 7 Cliches That Are About to Happen | 303 |
| Location, Location, Location | |
| Office, Office: 10 Corporate Settings | 308 |
| Oh, Calcutta: 12 Movies Set in Kolkata | 313 |
| Uttam Pradesh: 10 UP Towns in Movies | 318 |
| Yen Dollar Pound Lira: 10 Movies in Foreign Cities | 323 |
| Here and There :7 Filmi Places | 327 |
| Of Advertising and Marketing | |
| Hype and Buzz: 10 Markrting Campaings | 332 |
| Marketing in Bollywood: 10 Brand Placements | 336 |
| Ad Space: 10 Advertising Campaigns | 341 |
| Utterly Butterly Bollywood: 35 Amul Ads | 345 |
| Dream Factories: 10 Production House Mascots | 350 |
| Very Interesting Names | |
| Lamboo-ji Aur Tingoo-ji: 10 Movie Titles of Extraordinary Length | 356 |
| What's in a Name? 10 Stars Appearing on Screen with Their Real Names | 359 |
| Name's in a What? 17 High-Profile Names | 363 |
| 19 Star Nicknames | 366 |
| Excitement Of Movies | |
| Imagining Things: 11 Greatest Movies to Not Have Been Made | 370 |
| Geet Gaata Chal: 24 Songs That Became Movies | 375 |
| Meta: 10 Films within Films | 378 |
| Inside Job: 11 Films Watched Inside Films | 383 |
| Outrage!!! 10 Movies That Offended People | 387 |
| Yes? No? Maybe? | |
| Acting Talent: 10 Directors Who Have Acted | 392 |
| Music Makers: 10 Singing Stars | 397 |
| Under Cover: 11 Songs in Disguise | 401 |
| Life's Drag: 10 Drag Appearances | 406 |
| LGTB: 14 Instances of Alternative Sexuality | 410 |
| Transformers: 10 Characters Who Changed Beyond Recognition | 414 |
| Framed: 10 People Seen in Pictures | 418 |
| Who Kaun Tha? 8 Characters That Didn't Exist | 422 |
| Qs Cutie: 19 Early Films of Aamir Khan | 426 |
| Nishabd: 10 Silent Scenes of Amitabh Bachahan | 432 |
| On Endings | |
| Picture Abhi Baaki Hai: 16 Unusual 'The End's | 438 |
| End Mein Twist? 10 Last Scene Cameos | 442 |
| Unendings | |
| Given Up for Dead: 10 People Who Came Back for More | 448 |
| Bahut Shukriya, Badi Maharbani...' | 453 |
| Images Courtesy and Copyright | 454 |
| Index | 456 |
