Comments on: SRK: King of Bollywood http://filmiholic.com/2007/05/13/new-srk-book/ Meri duniya - bilkul filmi Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:44:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: filmiholic http://filmiholic.com/2007/05/13/new-srk-book/#comment-44156 Sat, 26 May 2007 21:53:52 +0000 http://filmiholic.com/2007/05/13/new-srk-book/#comment-44156 Salut Yves, Absolutely! Guys would find it interesting too, as a biography of the actor, and also for the background and perspective on the Hindi film industry. On the versification, it primarily means the enjoyment of the poetry by the individuals listed. There's one or two poems by them that I have played with translating, but not for publication, just trying to see how to make sense of the original into English. And no, I haven't written any poetry in a long time, and that's a good thing. :-) Salut Yves,

Absolutely! Guys would find it interesting too, as a biography of the actor, and also for the background and perspective on the Hindi film industry.

On the versification, it primarily means the enjoyment of the poetry by the individuals listed. There’s one or two poems by them that I have played with translating, but not for publication, just trying to see how to make sense of the original into English. And no, I haven’t written any poetry in a long time, and that’s a good thing. :-)

]]> by: yves http://filmiholic.com/2007/05/13/new-srk-book/#comment-44109 Sat, 26 May 2007 15:17:24 +0000 http://filmiholic.com/2007/05/13/new-srk-book/#comment-44109 Hi girls, Do you think the book would hold as much interest for guys??? Only people I've seen to have it are girls. I'm beginning to wonder! By the way, Maria, I saw in your "about me" section that you enjoy "versification": does that just mean poetry, or do you actually write poems, or translate poems? Hi girls,
Do you think the book would hold as much interest for guys??? Only people I’ve seen to have it are girls. I’m beginning to wonder!

By the way, Maria, I saw in your “about me” section that you enjoy “versification”: does that just mean poetry, or do you actually write poems, or translate poems?

]]> by: Maja http://filmiholic.com/2007/05/13/new-srk-book/#comment-43614 Tue, 22 May 2007 10:09:01 +0000 http://filmiholic.com/2007/05/13/new-srk-book/#comment-43614 Got mine yesterday! I haven't started yet but it looks great :) Got mine yesterday! I haven’t started yet but it looks great :)

]]> by: Lisa Tsering http://filmiholic.com/2007/05/13/new-srk-book/#comment-43136 Thu, 17 May 2007 19:07:37 +0000 http://filmiholic.com/2007/05/13/new-srk-book/#comment-43136 Maria I am LOVING this book. The best thing about it is that Chopra places Khan in a context of contemporary India at various times in his life. The book is really great and I highly highly recommend it. For example, did you know that SRK and Arundhati Roy have a decades-old rivalry? I had no idea. I have read a lot of these so-called Bollywood exposes and usually the author sticks him/herself into the proceedings in a most intrusive and annoying way. But Chopra doesn't. I do have some questions for her, such as, why are there no direct quotes from SRK in the book -- but otherwise it is a FABULOUS book for any filmlover. Maria
I am LOVING this book. The best thing about it is that Chopra places Khan in a context of contemporary India at various times in his life.
The book is really great and I highly highly recommend it.
For example, did you know that SRK and Arundhati Roy have a decades-old rivalry? I had no idea.
I have read a lot of these so-called Bollywood exposes and usually the author sticks him/herself into the proceedings in a most intrusive and annoying way.
But Chopra doesn’t.
I do have some questions for her, such as, why are there no direct quotes from SRK in the book — but otherwise it is a FABULOUS book for any filmlover.

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