Salman Khan

Three decades of screen presence, roaring single-screen crowds and relentless tabloid attention sit at the centre of this study of one of Hindi cinema's largest figures. Rather than another timeline of releases, the book treats Salman Khan as a cultural phenomenon and asks what film, television, the star system and a consumer-driven society together build around a single face. Gossip and rumour are set aside in favour of the aesthetics of stardom, the adulation and the criticism alike, and the reasons his appeal has carried across generations of viewers. What makes it worth shelf space: • Looks at superstardom as a system rather than a personal success story • Separates persistent rumour from the workings of a screen image • Considers how television and publicity extend a film career • Fills a gap, since his stardom has drawn less study than that of several peers Suited to film students, followers of Hindi cinema and readers of cultural criticism, this title is available at Boipoka.