Lights, Camera, Masala
 Front Cover | |
| Editor | Divya Thakur |
|---|---|
| Author | Naman Ramachandran |
| Illustrator | Sheena Sippy |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Bollywood |
| Published | Mumbai : India Book House, 2006 |
| Pages | 246 pp. |
| ISBN | 9788175084414 |
| OCLC | 71428530 |
Lights, Camera, Masala: Making Movies in Mumbai is a 2006 book written by Naman Ramachandran and published by India Book House. The publication was designed by Divya Thakur of Design Temple. The book's concept and photography were by Sheena Sippy. The book was awarded a Gold for Publication Design at the New York Festival in 2007[1] It was the author's first book.[2]
Photographs of Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Bipasha Basu were also included. Hindustan Times review said "I flipped through this hardback on Bollywood films twice before reading a word within its glossy covers. The first time, I turned the pages quickly and curiously and I was impressed - actually blown away - because Lights Camera Masala is a design surprise"India Today's Kaveree Bamzai called the book's design "distractingly overwhelming" and asked whether one should see it, read it or tear it.[1] Ramachandran's interviews of several actors were also included. Bamzai praised the photographs by saying that they had "repose which blinds us to their ubiquity".[1] The book had 10 chapters. They were "The spark", "The reality", "The game is afoot", "The shoot 1", "Objects of desire", "The shoot 2", "Young Turks", "From pillar to post", "Brand Bollywood" and "The people have spoken". It discussed all the steps a film is involved in before being released; script, cast selection, filming, costumes and marketing.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 Bamzai, Kaveree (10 July 2006). "The bright angle". India Today. Living Media. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (23 January 2013). "The man behind the idol". The Hindu. The Hindu Group. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ Watkins, Beth (22 November 2011). "Bollywood Journal: What Would Be in Your Bollywood Museum". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 15 April 2015.