Bolly Geek : The Crazy Trivia Guide to Bollywood – Diptakirti Chaudhari

Description

The Indian cine-goer’s fascination for Bollywood is unending – and then there are those who really like to get their elbows into it dum lagaa ke!

Which is why this book, stuffed with super-gyaan (yes, there is a science to the movies as well!) and sprinkled with quirky illustrations is a must-have for anyone in love with or just plain confused by all that goes on in Bollywood.

Among the many masaaledar nuggets it features are:

• The rulebook on how to plan a filmi elopement;

• Fifteen jailers who terrorised prisoners (and the jailbreaks that had wardens quaking at the knees);

• Colourful stories that reveal why people get drunk in the movies;

• Ten on-screen detectives who had crime on their minds, even if they could never solve them;

Three ways suhaag raats unfold *cough in Hindi cinema.

* And there’s much more! From tragedy and mystery to heartbreak and victory  -Bollygeek opens up the obsessive, compulsive and addictive world of Hindi cinema like never before. You don’t want to miss out on this one!