Anupama Chopra

Sholay: The Making of a Classic is a 2000 book written by Anupama Chopra on a Bollywood classic Sholay. The book was released in 2000 by Penguin Books India. The book is based on the making of the film shooting. The book initially sold 10,000 copies, and won the 2001 National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema.

Here is the astonishing true story of Bollywood, a sweeping portrait about a country finding its identity, a movie industry that changed the face of India, and one man's struggle to become a star. Shah Rukh Khan's larger than life tale takes us through the colorful and idiosyncratic Bollywood movie industry, where …

Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge opened to huge popular acclaim in India in 1995. This work points out that it is a paradoxical film which affirms old-fashioned values of pre-marital chastity and family authority, affirming the idea that Westernization need not affect an essential Indian identity.