'Bollywood Diary' lets you sink into the world of Bollywood where you witness the bitter truths happening behind the camera and also see the good side of this cinema fraternity. You will hate the celebrities or start liking them - even you will be heartbroken after learning the facts of your favorite celebrities. Popular Indian celebrities from Bollywood and Television - Sshard Malhotra, Donal Bisht and Maushmi Udeshi have written the forewords of this book. 'Bollywood Diary' also gets you nostalgic by taking you down memory lane. Celebrated Bollywood journalist Goher Iqbal Punn with 25 years of Hindi cinema and television experience will take you along to see what happens inside and outside the swanky world of entertainment. You will be shocked and impressed at the same time. Mr. Punn is a Bollywood Analyst, Film Critic, Music Reviewer and Columnist and has comprehensive knowledge of cinema and entertainment industry. The book is sure to hit the hearts and will take place in your shelf as well. It will also turn out to be an encyclopedia for the researchers. Let's read it now. Bollywood Diary: The Good and Bitter Side of Bollywood
Even Though Bollywood Diary Promises To Expose The Good And Bitter Side Of Bollywood Yet It Left A Lot To Be Desired Primarily Because The Author Goher Iqbal Punn Has Produced A Diary That Is Drab And For A Good Part Repetitive.
More Than Having A Smooth And Effortless Flow The Narrative Is Jarring With Too Many Bumps And Hiccups. Add To That The Author Starts To Reveal Some Dark
Details Of Bollywood But Then For Some Unexplained Reason He Pulls Out Most Suddenly Leaving The Readers High & Dry To Do Their Their Own Guesswork.
Once Or Perhaps Twice The Reader Can Understand That The Author Is Eager To Do An Expose And Dish Out The Murky Details About Bollywood’s Underbelly Be It The Infamous Casting Couch Or The #MeToo Movement That Swept Across Bollywood Before Petering Out But Is Constrained To Go All The Way And Thus Pulls Back Abruptly At The Last Minute To Avoid Any Later Hassles.
When This Happens Once To Often It Tends To Irritate The Reader. Being An Investigative Film Journalist What Hovers Across The Minds Horizon Is Why Must The Author Start Something That He Cannot Conclude For Any Explainable Reason?
More Than This Actually Being A Bollywood Diary It Appears To Be A Collection Of Personal Essays The Author May Have Penned Over The Past Quarter Century. While Essays Make Sense For Streamlined Syndicated Columns As They Are Time Bound But Reproducing The Same As A Book That Is Spanning Across 25 Years Makes It Bland As Most Of What Is Reproduced Becomes Bland And Insipid When It Is Compiled As A Diary Without Any Visible Efforts To Upgrade It To Changing Times.
Spread Across 13 Articles. A Majority Of Them Actually Lose Their Very Relevance Be It “The Hidden Love Story Of Reena Roy & Mohsin Khan” Or The Many Wild Escapades Of Salman Khan And His Loutish Treatment To His Lady Loves Be It Katrina Kaif, Somy Ali Or Even Aishwarya Rai Which Is Almost Part Of Bollywood Folklore.
As This Happens To Be A First Time Authored Book By Goher Iqbal Punn, It Does Not Raise Many Eyebrows When He Gets Not One, Not Two But Three Celebrities To Do The Forewords For His Bollywood Diary.
So Far It Is So Good As It Reflects His Connections With Bollywood That Sshard Malhotra, Donal Bisht & Maushmi Udeshi Come Forward To Endorse His Bollywood Diary. One Of Them Doing The Foreword Without Having Read His Bollywood Diary.
Considering That Both Donal Bisht & Maushmi Udeshi Are Featured Into His Bollywood Diary, One Cannot But Help
Wondering As To Why The Author Opted To Leave Out Sshard Malhotra From His Diary Essay. Considering He Too Equally Contributed In The Foreword To This Book? Bollywood Diary: The Good and Bitter Side of Bollywood This book is all set to allure Hindi cinema lovers. It contains everything a reader loves to read in a cinema related book from spices (scandals), nostalgic moments to factual incidents about the celebrities. Bollywood Diary is like peekaboo in Bollywood fraternity. I know that a reader wants to know the facts, that is why everything mentioned in the book is true. Enjoy the stories like why Jaya Bachchan advised Reena Roy to marry Moshin Khan (Pakistani cricketer), famous Bollywood celebs who were caught red-handedly in sex scandals, popular female singer who Anu Malik took in a dark place and unzipped his pants, the hidden relationship between Gulzar and Meena Kumari, everything about Kishore Kumar's romantic life and eccentric behavior and much more packed in this book. Bollywood Diary: The Good and Bitter Side of Bollywood
