The Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema

by Madhu Jain

Book Overview

There is no film family quite like the Kapoors. A family of professional actors and directors, they span almost eighty years of film-making in India, from the twenties to the present. Each decade in the history of Hindi films has had at least one Kapoor--if not more--playing a large part in defining it. Prithviraj came to Bombay in the twilight era of silent movies and went on to straddle both theatre and the silver screen like a colossus, starring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670058378
• ISBN13: 9780670058372
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam
• Length: 371 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher