Desi Galaxy

Hema Malini’s authorised biography by Bhawana Somaaya is available at bookstands and online at Amazon. The book provides an insight into the life of the dream girl, a title she has earned for her beauty and immense acting and dancing skills. It also shows the life of a girl who married a hero, a girl who became a mother of two girls. It is about how she struggled to maintain a balance between art, music, dance and her family responsibilites.

There is Another Biography, “Looking for the Big B: Bollywood, Bachchan and Me” by Jessica Hines. In the synopsis at Amazon UK the author introduces the book in these words:

He is India’s most legendary film star - a cross between Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino, Elvis, and with more than a hint of John Travolta. In a country like India where film stars are treated as gods, Amitabh Bachchan is the uber-god, the Big B. As for me, I am English, almost thirty, and not in the least bit famous. But here I am in Bombay about to start writing his story. How did I get here? Why did I get here? Bombay is mayhem and Bollywood maddening. “The Big B” is strangely aloof, the magazines are full of lies, and no one is talking. I want to write a book that explodes the myths surrounding India’s most famous man. Can I pull it off? Funny, irreverent and affectionate, “The Big B” is a fascinating look at the Bombay film industry and the story of a very unlikely friendship.

Jessica Hines talked to several local newspapers about her book and the life of Real Amitabh Bachchan. I liked the one on Rediff, ‘Every one wants him to be Amitabh Bachchan‘, a must read.