Still Reading Khan

Still Reading Khan
by Mushtaq Shiekh

Still Reading Khan
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Author: Mushtaq Shiekh
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-05
ISBN: 8187107790
Number of pages: 458
Publisher: OM Books International

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Book Review: Delicious!
Summary: 5 Stars

This a big, big, BIG book. It's a somewhat extravagant treat, granted, but oh so worth it! Beautifully put together, excellent photographs, fascinating subject. Just one warning to non-Hindi speakers: Indians have the delightful habit of flowing in and out of several languages at once. It's a charming trait, actually, and it works well if you happen to be fluent in the two languages that are being used in the same sentence. This works well for the Indian market, of course, and the NRI market, probably. But it's not so great for the NII market (the Non-Indian Indian market)that a growing number of Europeans and Americans belong to. I am so fond of SRK films that I've started learning Hindi. But the pitiful few words I've managed to learn do not begin to help me understand some of the many Hinglish phrases contained in this book. Still and all, if you're a Khan fan, this book is a must.

Summary of Still Reading Khan

There's always been a patriarch for every field. He leads, people follow. He takes new paths -- praised if he`s successful, derided if he fails. But then somebody has to do the job. Somebody has to invent for the others to reinvent. Somebody has to stand up for our fifty six year old philosophy -- for the people, by the people, to the people.

Shah Rukh Khan did just that. He invades areas where no actor has ever been. A clear brand philosophy and a brilliant understanding of mass psyche has been the strength of the SRK product. He is probably the best brand ever churned out by Indian industry. Outrageous and outspoken in his interviews, he played to the masses and boy did he play it right. Then there is the proverbial pinch of salt. With which SRK takes himself. While his work reflects his passion, there has always been that wry black humour that grounds his reality. He has consistently stripped the idealistic glamour from his profession by branding himself a performer.

One section of this story deals with the portrait of the artist as an individual, while the other would be an analytical commentary of his body of work and closer look at the Shah Rukh phenomenon through his films. The books argues on several premises including that of visual pleasure and the erotic gaze to explain the strongest points of attraction that a Shah Rukh film holds for the audience.

The book would argue that the films under discussion have an underlying theme that binds them the skilled manipulation of visual pleasure and the subversion of the erotic into an acceptable mandate that nevertheless attracts the audience.

The book would talk about the emotions and economics of being the Shahrukh Brand.

The book would reveal a candid star talking unreservedly on his art and acting. Shahrukh Khan had stepped into the film world as an outsider, a young man bereaved from the loss of his parents, seeking solace, work and passion in an alien world.

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