Latest Bollywood biographies and autobiographies you need to read

The Hindi film industry - popularly referred to as ‘Bollywood’- is a place where all our dreams come true. The limelight, the fan following, the big paycheques are just everything anyone could dream of. Moreover, it mustn't be forgotten that it takes a lot of hard work, sacrifices, and rejections to make it big in the film industry. Many biographies and autobiographies, written by members of the Hindi film industry talk about their journey to winning a big ticket in Bollywood. Here is a look at some Bollywood biographies and autobiographies you need to read.

The book takes readers from Priyanka's childhood in India, before being sent away to boarding school at an early age, through her formative teenage years in the US where she endured bouts of racism, to her return to India, where she won the national and global beauty pageants. It offers readers a glimpse into what it takes to succeed in the massive Indian film industry.

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The book chronicles Neena Gupta's extraordinary personal and professional journey from her childhood days in Delhi's Karol Bagh, through her time at the National School of Drama, to moving to Bombay in the 1980s and dealing with the struggles to find work.

"A candid, self-deprecating portrait of the person behind the persona, it talks about her life's many choices, battling stereotypes, then and now, and how she may not be as unconventional as people think her to be," reads the book's blurb.

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The book's blurb best describes its inside contents: "These are tumultuous stories set in Hollywood, Bollywood, and Europe. The joys of blazing new trails abroad, and the dangers of them. He [Kabir Bedi] also tells the fascinating love story of his Indian father, a philosopher in Europe, and his British-born mother, the world’s highest-ranked Buddhist nun. And most poignant of all, the battle to save his schizophrenic son."

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The book explores the man and the myth Guru Dutt was and uncovers the extraordinary lives of the rich and the famous as well the incredible toll it takes on the emotional and mental health of a human being.

"This is a gripping, meticulously researched and moving portrait of an unfinished life - a tale of unrequited love, unresolved relationships, and unmatched cinematic talent," says the book blurb.

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This book chronicles the multi-faceted life of Mehra, who has made critically acclaimed films like Rang De Basanti, Delhi-6, and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.

As per the book blurb, "What makes this book truly unique is its many narrators. It is this multi-dimensional, multi-character narration that will enable readers to delve deep and truly understand what it means to be as unselfish as Mehra, a man who gleefully steps back and lets the experts do their job."

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