Bibliography of Hindi cinema

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A bibliography of notable books on Hindi cinema/Bollywood.

Biographical [edit]

• Smith, Emily (2011). The Abhishek Bachchan Handbook - Everything You Need to Know about Abhishek Bachchan. Emereo Pty Limited. ISBN 978-1-74304-066-9. 
• Dave, Sunil Bandopadyay, Trans. Bakul. Amitabh Bachchan. Gurjar Granthratna Karyalay. ISBN 978-81-89166-00-7. 
• Smith, Emily (2011). The Amitabh Bachchan Handbook - Everything You Need to Know about Amitabh Bachchan. Emereo Pty Limited. ISBN 978-1-74304-064-5. 
• Bhawana Somaaya (1 January 1999). Amitabh Bachchan, the legend. Macmillan India Ltd. ISBN 978-0-333-93355-8. 
• Desai, Kishwar (1 November 2007). Darlingji: the true love story of Nargis and Sunil Dutt. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-81-7223-697-7. 
• Smith, Emily (2011). The Dharmendra Handbook - Everything You Need to Know about Dharmendra. Emereo Pty Limited. ISBN 978-1-74304-069-0. 
• Pinto, Jerry (2006). Helen: the life and times of an H-bomb. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-303124-6. 
• Holt, Julia; Phalke, Shubhra (July 1995). Raj Kapoor. Basic Skills Agency. ISBN 978-1-85990-021-5. 
• Khubchandani, Lata (1 January 2003). Raj Kapoor. Rupa & Co. ISBN 978-81-7167-816-7. 
• Reuben, Bunny (1988). Raj Kapoor: the fabulous showman. Virgo. 
• Ahmed, Rauf (1 January 2008). Mehboob Khan: the romance of history. Wisdom Tree. ISBN 978-81-8328-106-5. 
• Zaveri, Hanif (1 January 2005). Mehmood, a man of many moods. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7991-213-3. 
• Chopra, Anupama (2007). King Of Bollywood : Shahrukh Khan. Ameya Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-903514-6-1. 
• Shiekh, Mushtaq (5 January 2007). Shahrukh Khan - Still Reading Khan. A1Books Distributor. ISBN 978-81-87107-79-8. 
• Somaaya, Bhawana (2007). Hema Malini: the authorized biography. Lotus Collection. ISBN 978-81-7436-467-8. 
• Mukherjee, Ram Kamal (1 January 2005). Hema Malini, diva unveiled. Magna Books. ISBN 978-81-7809-286-7. 
• George, T. J. S. (December 1994). The life and times of Nargis. Megatechnics. ISBN 978-81-7223-149-1. 
• Ghosh, Biswadeep (January 2004). Hall of fame, Aishwarya Rai. Magna Books. ISBN 978-81-7809-244-7. 
• Verma, Bhagwati Charan (1 September 2009). Rekha. Rajkamal Prakashan Pvt Ltd. ISBN 978-81-267-1677-7. 

General [edit]

• Ramachandran, T. M. (June 1985). 70 years of Indian cinema, 1913-1983. CINEMA India-International. ISBN 978-0-86132-090-5. 
• Manschot, Johan; Vos, Marijke de (2005). Behind the scenes of Hindi cinema: a visual journey through the heart of Bollywood. KIT. 
• Ganti, Tejaswini (2004). Bollywood: a guidebook to popular Hindi cinema. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-28853-8. 
• Bose, Mihir (2006). Bollywood: a history. Tempus. ISBN 978-0-7524-2835-2. 
• Omar, Fuad (17 June 2006). Bollywood: An Insider's Guide. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-84728-009-1. 
• Mehta, Rini Bhattacharya; Pandharipande, Rajeshwari (1 January 2010). Bollywood and Globalization: Indian Popular Cinema, Nation, and Diaspora. Anthem Press. ISBN 978-1-84331-833-0. 
• Mishra, Vijay (2002). Bollywood cinema: temples of desire. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-93015-4. 
• Kaur, Raminder; Sinha, Ajay J. (2005). Bollyworld: popular Indian cinema through a transnational lens. Sage Publications. ISBN 978-0-7619-3320-5. 
• Dawar, Ramesh (1 January 2006). Bollywood: Yesterday, Today , Tomorrow. Star Publications. ISBN 978-1-905863-01-3. 
• Silja (14 July 2006). Bollywood: The Passion of Indian Film and Music. Edel Classics, EAR Books. ISBN 978-3-937406-48-0. 
• Gopalan, Lalitha (2002). Cinema of interruptions: action genres in contemporary Indian cinema. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-0-85170-923-9. 
• Encyclopaedia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd; Gulzar; Nihalani, Govind (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5. 
• Jha, Subhash K.; Bachchan, Amitabh (2005). The essential guide to Bollywood. Lustre Press. ISBN 978-81-7436-378-7. 
• Kavoori, Anandam P.; Punathambekar, Aswin (August 2008). Global Bollywood. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-4798-8. 
• Saari, Anil; Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Pārtha (2009). Hindi cinema: an insider's view. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-569584-7. 
• Raheja, Dinesh; Kothari, Jitendra (1996). The hundred luminaries of Hindi cinema. India Book House Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7508-007-2. 
• Krishnaswamy, Revathi; Hawley, John Charles (2008). The postcolonial and the global. U of Minnesota Press. pp. 200–. ISBN 978-0-8166-4609-8. 
• Hogan, Patrick Colm (1 October 2008). Understanding Indian movies: culture, cognition, and cinematic imagination. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71786-2. 
• Majumdar, Neepa (25 September 2009). Wanted cultured ladies only!: female stardom and cinema in India, 1930s-1950s. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07628-2. 

Specific films [edit]

• Chatterjee, Gayatri (2002). Mother India. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-0-85170-917-8. 
• Asif, K.; Kabir, Nasreen Munni; Ak̲h̲tar, Suhail (2007). The immortal dialogue of K. Asif's Mughal-e-azam. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-568496-4. 
• Asif, K. (1960). Mughal-e-azam. Shemaroo. 
• Warsi, Shakil (1 July 2009). Mughal -E-Azam. Rupa & Co. ISBN 978-81-291-1321-4. 
• Dissanayake, Wimal; Sahai, Malti (1992). Sholay, a cultural reading. Wiley Eastern. ISBN 978-81-224-0394-7. 
• Chopra, Anupama (2000). Sholay: The Making of a Classic. Penguin Group India. 

Music [edit]

• Mathai, Kamini (18 June 2009). A.R. Rahman: the musical storm. Penguin Group India. ISBN 978-0-670-08371-8. 
• Ranade, Ashok Da. (1 January 2006). Hindi film song: music beyond boundaries. Bibliophile South Asia. ISBN 978-81-85002-64-4. 
• Morcom, Anna (30 November 2007). Hindi film songs and the cinema. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7546-5198-7. 
• Varma, Kajal (2007). Love Songs from Bollywood Films. Star Publications. ISBN 978-1-905863-14-3. 
• Sundar, Pavitra (2007). Sounding the nation: The musical imagination of Bollywood cinema. University of Michigan, ProQuest. ISBN 978-0-549-18081-4. 

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