101 Great Indian Bollywood Personalities

‘101 Great Indian Bollywood Personalities’ featured by Dua Shyam, published by Tiny Tot Publications on 2004, showcases some of the most creative and artistic persons. The book cites their achievements in the world of make-believe, which takes us on a totally different plane.

A journey into the fantasy land of films us on a ride through the different emotions of laughter, happiness, sorrow, love, admiration anger, jealousy.

Bollywood has come a long way, from the era of still movies to moving ones from silent movies to talkies from black and white to Eastman colour to technicolour to digital ones, which use special effects through the use of multimedia techniques.

The stars of the Bollywood firmament include directors like Satyajit Ray, Dada Saheb Phalke, Mehboob khan, Bimal Roy, Guru Dutt, Shyam Benegal, Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra, Mani Ratnam; actors and actresses like Dev Anand, Madhubala. Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Asha Parekh, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Waheeda Rehman, Sharmila Tagore, Rekha, Amrish puri, Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi, Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerjee.

Overall, ‘101 Great Indian Bollywood Personalities is a collection of some of the creative people who have provided us means to escape from our monotonous lives and live through a different story for a few hours.

[Sridevi is placed at 95 in chronology]