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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd |
| Author: Jessica Hines | |
| Language: English | |
| Pages: 286 (Illustrated Throughout in Black and White) | |
| Cover: PAPERBACK | |
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Weight 1.95 kg |
| Edition: 2007 | |
| ISBN: 9780747592341 | |
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'Jessica, 'He pronounced, 'you have known me for seven years. My life has changed seven times. You will never finish this book.'
There is no reason why Amitabh Bachchan and I should appear in the same sentence. He is India's most legendary film star- a mixture of Clint Eastwood, Al pacino and Elvis, with more than a hint of John Travolta. In a country like India, where film stars are treated as gods, Amitabh Bachchan is the uber-god, the Big B. As for me, I am English, almost thirty, and not in the least bit famous.
But here I am in Bombay about to start writing his story. How did I get here? Why did I get here? And can I pull it off? Bombay is mayhem and Bollywood maddening. The Big B is strangely aloof, the magazines are full of lies, and no one is talking. I want to write a book that explodes the myths surrounding India's most famous man. But is there anything in there?
Funny, irreverent and affectionate, Looking for the Big B is a fascinating look at the Bombay film industry and the story of a very unlikely friendship.
A Note on the Author
Jessica Hines grew up on the Lizard in Cornwall and went to clown school in Toronto. She returned to study Comparative Religion at SOAS and do a M.A. in film at the BFI. She has achieved remarkably little in her thirty years having wasted most of her twenties inhaling pollution in Bombay. This is her first book.
| Acknowledgement | ||
| Prologue | 1 | |
| 10 October 1942 (Brahma muhurata) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India | i | |
| Part One | Mumbai | 3 |
| Chapter One | Monday, February 2002 Mumbai | 5 |
| The Amitabh Iitany | 9 | |
| How it all started 29 October 1995 London | 15 | |
| Bollywood and me | 24 | |
| How to reach God | 30 | |
| Chapter Two | Phoning film stars Tuesday | 37 |
| Mumbai | 39 | |
| Film City Wednesday | 47 | |
| Girl talk | 54 | |
| Chapter Three | Yash Chopra Friday | 58 |
| The Accident | 66 | |
| Amitabh the Fun Guy | 72 | |
| Mumabi again Saturday | 76 | |
| Why is Bollywood anyway? | 79 | |
| Sunday | 80 | |
| Sholay | 81 | |
| A brief note on violence | 88 | |
| Chapter Four | Prakash Mehra Thursday | 103 |
| Friday | 110 | |
| Saturday | 111 | |
| Hrishikesh Mukherjee Sunday | 113 | |
| Jaya Bhaduri | 114 | |
| Mumbai Monday | 118 | |
| Wednesday | 124 | |
| Part Two | Pune | 128 |
| Chapter Five | Monday, February 2002 Pune | 129 |
| Achieving for beginners | 133 | |
| Indian food Tuesday | 135 | |
| Mosquitoes and Yoga Wednesday | 137 | |
| What's nice boy like you doing in a place like this? Thursday | 139 | |
| More Yoga Friday | 144 | |
| 'Foreign bought velvet parallels' Monday | 147 | |
| Back to Mumbai Tuesday | 150 | |
| Sanday | 151 | |
| Shobhaa De | 151 | |
| Travellers, bless' em | 158 | |
| Khalid Mohamed | 160 | |
| Bhawana Somaaya | 161 | |
| Chapter Six | Monday | 170 |
| Indian beauty parlours | 171 | |
| Tuesday | 173 | |
| Wednesday | 174 | |
| Academic Amitabh Thursday | 175 | |
| Silsila Saturday | 178 | |
| Rekha Sunday Evening | 180 | |
| Monday | 181 | |
| Part Three | Malaysia, London, Dubai, Jaipur | 187 |
| Chapter VII | Malaysia Friday evening, March 2002 | 189 |
| Why it is impossible to spend any real time with Amitabh in Mumbai | 199 | |
| The myth of Amitabh the Punctual | 203 | |
| Sunday | 206 | |
| From Angry Young Man to game-show host | 207 | |
| Wednesday | 216 | |
| Chapter VIII | London Friday, April 2002 | 218 |
| Bollywood at Selfridges Friday | 224 | |
| Hindi 101 Tuesday | 226 | |
| Dubai Wednesday, June 2002 | 228 | |
| Thursday | 230 | |
| Saturday | 232 | |
| Politics: Part One Sunday | 233 | |
| Christmas the Bachchan way Monday | 235 | |
| What I learnt on the tour of Dubai Tuesday | 238 | |
| Politics: Part Two Wednesday | 239 | |
| Whale 101 | 239 | |
| Politics: Part Three Thursday | 242 | |
| Friday | 246 | |
| Sunny side up Saturday | 248 | |
| Sunday, on the plane home | 249 | |
| Chapter IX | Jaipur Wednesday, late August 2002 | 251 |
| Amitabh on set Thursday | 260 | |
| Amitabh magnetism Friday | 265 | |
| The fans Saturday | 266 | |
| A sandy place Sunday | 272 | |
| Mumbai Monday | 273 | |
| The Taj Café, Mumbai Airport Tuesday | 278 | |
| 11 October 2002 London | 278 | |
| Epilogue | 280 | |
| Part One: | Finding the Angry Young Man July 2005, Bangkok | 280 |
| Part Two: | Finding the Wise Patriarch | 283 |
| Part Three: | Finding Amitabh Bachchan | 284 |
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