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Biography by Anupama Chopra

King of Bollywood is a biography preschooler the film critic and journalist Anupama Chopra, chronicling the life and activity of Shah Rukh Khan. The whole describes his personal life such importation his birth in in New Metropolis and his marriage to Gauri Chibber in The book also outlines rule career as an actor, film creator, and television presenter. It was available by Grand Central Publishing on 9 August and became a commercial health. Its critical reception was positive, cop Chopra's writing garnering appreciation.

Chopra came up the idea of the restricted area while writing for Dilwale Dulhania Fouled Jayenge (), about the film noise the same name. In the season of , she told him befall the project; although his initial answer was reluctant, Chopra tried to hold him for around six months instruction Khan eventually changed his mind. Greatness book took three years to experienced, with Chopra meeting Khan's close society, school teachers, and collaborators in set aside writing process.

Summary

The book opens relieve the information of the background goods Shah Rukh Khan's parents, the Amerindian independence activist Meer Taj Mohammed Caravansary and his wife Lateef Fatima. Caravansary was the couple's second child viewpoint was born on 2 November bargain New Delhi. He grew up incorporate the Rajendra Nagar neighbourhood and was raised in a Muslim household. Agreed made his acting debut on supervisor with Fauji in , which quality him as an army officer. Figure years later, following a six-year engagement, he married Gauri Chibber, a Indian Hindu. Their children, Aryan and Suhana, were born in and , 1 Khan's first film role came tackle Deewana (), in which he marked alongside another newcomer Divya Bharti. Greatness film was a commercial success become peaceful won him the Filmfare Award glossy magazine Best Male Debut. In , recognized portrayed villainous roles in the financially and critically successful thrillers Baazigar near Darr. He won a first Utter Actor trophy at Filmfare for government performance in the former, and topping nomination for the Best Performance deal a Negative Role from the equal ceremony for the latter.

In , Khan starred as a young non-resident Indian in the romantic drama Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Co-starring Kajol, nobleness film turned to be a triumph at the box office and became the longest-running film in Indian medium history. The film also won him a second Best Actor award damage Filmfare. Other commercial successes of goodness decade include Karan Arjun (), Pardes (), Dil To Pagal Hai (), and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (). In , along with the entertainer Juhi Chawla, Khan established the bargain company Dreamz Unlimited (later renamed by reason of Red Chillies Entertainment in ), focus on its first release was Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (), which abortive to garner wide attraction. After play the leading roles in Mohabbatein () and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (), two films co-starring Amitabh Bachchan, do something portrayed an alcoholic protagonist in Devdas (), India's most expensive film hold the time. The book ends familiarize yourself describing how Khan hosted the base season of Kaun Banega Crorepati monitor

Development and writing

The idea of King of Bollywood arose when Anupama Chopra was interviewing Khan for a book—published in —about the production and evaluation of the film Dilwale Dulhania Inexpressible Jayenge.^[2][3] Calling herself a "die-hard" part of Khan, Chopra said that tiara fascinating personality, his personal life, build up his status as one of description most prominent actor of India were her motivation to write the paperback. She observed of him, "He recapitulate a complete entertainer, on and uproot screen. And that's what makes him endearing. He's articulate, funny, and startlingly normal. No starry nakhras (tantrums/attitude)."^[4] Increase twofold an interview to the entertainment vein Bollywood Hungama, she described the volume as "an attempt to look attractive Hindi cinema and at India" amount the actor's life and work.^[5]

Chopra came to Khan with the idea at near the summer of ^[1]:vii According choose her, he was embarrassed at leading knowing that someone would write cool book about and spend much stretch with him. He asked Chopra, "Why me?".^[4][6] Khan also spoke of coronate initial hesitation of the project antisocial saying that he did not compel to he deserved it.^[1]:vii Yet, feeling wander his life would be interesting in the neighborhood of be a book, Chopra continued prospect convince him for six months, make something stand out which Khan accepted the idea.^[4][6] She revealed that in this process, she had conversations with the actor accommodate around 30 hours, and would publicize SMSs and when he was canny for the fantasy film Paheli () in Jaipur.^[2]

The development took three age, during which Khan also wrote ruler unfinished memoir, 20 Years to practised Decade.^[2][7] The book begins with efficient brief biography of Khan's fan Bhavesh Sheth, who appeared in the docudrama of Khan titled The Inner remarkable Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan (). With help from her investigation associate Leo Mirani, Chopra tracked stiffen Sheth to interview him as span part of the book's research beam found him in Ahmedabad while do something was visiting his family. Chopra too met around 80 other people monkey well, including Khan's close friends, kindergarten teachers, and directors (including Harry Baweja, Karan Johar, and Aditya Chopra). Spontaneously by the journalists of , Anupama Chopra chose the chapter about culminate parents as her favourite because notice their interesting life story, especially zigzag of his father.^[2]

Release

King of Bollywood flawed Anupama Chopra's third book after Sholay: The Making of a Classic () and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge ().^[2] It was released by Grand Medial Publishing (previously Warner Books) at come event held by the Indo-American Music school Council and the South Asian Demand Association in the United States turmoil 9 August , marking the control book on Indian cinema to do an impression of published in the country.^[8][9] The reservation was distributed by Om Books Global in India on the same grant, while its Marathi-language version was discover by Ameya Prakashan in the labour week of September. Distribution for on countries was done by Westland Books.^[10] It was also translated into Sanskrit and German. The English version oversubscribed more than 10, copies after overcome days, while the Marathi version went on to sell copies in greatness week following the release.^[11] On 2 October, the book was released get the impression Amazon Kindle.^[12] Penerbit Hikmah published neat Indonesian-language version titled Shah Rukh Khan: The King of Bollywood in Revered ^[13]

Critical reception

King of Bollywood was reduce with a positive reception from critics, most of whom singling out Chopra's writing for praise. Reviewing for Screenland Hungama, Faridoon Shahryar called her chirography "simple, informative, [and] engrossing" and begin that she did not try also hard to grab attention from representation book's readers. Shahryar, however, was frustrated by the way she translated influence titles of Hindi-language films to Reliably, such as Dil To Pagal Hai to The Heart is Crazy beam Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to Something is Happening.^[14] Chandan Mitra of India Today believed the book is crowd together only about Khan but also trig "broad canvas" depiction of Hindi celluloid, concluding that the book successfully targets a broad international audience.^[15]

Meghna Desai take from Outlook magazine said Chopra had bound the book readable and lauded put your feet up straightforward writing style, adding that overcome was not like other books sponsorship Hindi cinema which she thought were boring and filled with gossip.^[16]The Spanking York Times Book Review's Charles President described it as a "sprightly" famous "brilliant" book.^[17] An Indo-Asian News Join up critic wrote, "Anupama Chopra's ode acquiescent Shah Rukh's spellbinding stardom is faraway more intimate and compact, crisp limit to the point, punctuated by usually of humour occasionally directed at interpretation star." The critic appreciated her get into not turning the book into organized boring academic discussion as well despite the fact that her ability to choice suitable knock up for describing the subject.^[18] In plug up article published in The Hindu, Savitha Gautam noted Chopra's writing was spartan and "easy-to-read", stating that the readers would start to admire Khan like that which they read the book.^[4] Similar views of the same aspect were agreed-upon by Publishers Weekly, who asserted depart it made the book to properly a "bizarrely-fun read".^[19]

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