Bollywood: The Films! The Songs! The Stars! Hardcover – 28 Sept. 2017

This book is amazing! Everyone in our home from grandad to grandson have had a read. The quality is gorgeous and is a perfect coffee table book addition.

Perfect present!

Father in law loved this book!

This is a gift sized luxurious book and covers all the key films and actors of the great Bollywood scene - it's a coffee table spectacular-.its a scene that has taken on huge importance as the industry gets larger by the year and its popularity is enormous- fab!

For my collection.

This is a typical Dorling Kindersley book - by which I mean it is authoritative, well written and arranged, is abundant with photography and the pages are engagingly laid out. It would make a fantastic present for anyone interested in Indian cinema.The hardback cover is finished in a prismatic vibrantly colourful sheen so it's nice to have it out on display and not tucked away on a bookshelf. Inside are many film stills and postersCharting the history of Indian film the book is ordered in seven chapters, starting in 1913 and taking us all the way to the current day where big budgets and modern values prevail.

Wow, this is a BIG book packed full of the history of Bollywood, beautiful pictures / illustrations and loads of facts and figures on key films, stars and other goodies! Really great book worth every penny.

Wow! This is a fab-u-lous book! DK do this kind of thing very well. We’ve got lots of DK titles, and all are of excellent quality. This one is no different. The book looks like a labour of love by its editors and designers. It is big, very heavy, colourful, and packed with information.The book is structured chronologically, beginning with 1913, and those early movies and stars, early cinemas, and even some of those brilliantly hand-painted posters. It moves on through the years to the 1930s, to move movies and stars. There is a huge number of pictures, and plenty of informative text. If you know nothing about Bollywood, you’ll learn a lot. There are pages focussing on the greatest Bollywood movies, the stories, the dance numbers, the music, the directors, the studios, the clothes, and more.This is a great fun book. It is loud, packed with facts and figures, and goes a long way to capturing everything that makes these movies fascinating to so many people. I knew exactly nothing about Bollywood, but I had some fun with this book, and I learned plenty. For a Bollywood fan, this would be a tremendous gift.