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| | Amazon.com: Bollywood: The Pocket Essential (Pocket Essentials (Trafalgar)): Books: Ashok Banker |
 | | Among the films described are: "Pyassa," "Sangam," "Awara," "Mother India," "Kanoon," "Jewel Thief," "Upkaar", "Padosan," "Johnny Mera Naam," "Mera Naam Joker," "Zanjeer," "Bobby," "Deewar," "Amar Akbar Anthony," "Trishul," "Arth," "Betaab," "Ankush," "Ghayal," "Roja," "Bandit Queen," "Rangeela," "Sarfarosh," "Mohabbatein," and "Lagaan." Yes, those are mostly the shorter titles. |
 | | I wish the book had done more to explain why Bollywood films are the way that they are, and had sections on the major directors and performers rather than just on the films. |
 | | Each film receives a page or two of attention which includes the title, production date, producer, director, major cast, "ishtory" which is a description of the story, comment, highlights, "more like this," and a "Kiss-Kitsch Rating." I wish they would explain what this Kiss-Kitsch Rating means, but they don't. |
| www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1903047455?v=glance (776 words) |
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