Show Business 1992

Show Business 1992

Infobox Book |
name = Show Business
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image_caption =
author = Shashi Tharoor
illustrator =
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country = India
language = English
series =
genre = Parody, Satirical, Postmodern novel with elements of Roman à clef,
publisher = Penguin Books India
release_date = 1991
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 310 (first edition, paperback)
isbn = ISBN 0-14-015464-7 (first edition, paperback)
preceded_by = The Great Indian Novel(1989)
followed_by = Riot (2001)

"Show Business" is a postmodern satirical novel by Shashi Tharoor.

Plot introduction

Show Business parodies and satirizes formulaic Bollywood cinema, using it as a metaphor in an attempt to raise and answer questions about contemporary India and Indians. It is a fictional work that tells the story of Ashok Banjara, a Bollywood superstar. Ashok Banjara is critically injured while shooting for a film and his entire life in Bollywood flashes in front of his eyes as he lies suspended between life and death in a hospital. The character and many incidents of Ashok Banjara's life are inspired by that of Amitabh Bachchan, the biggest superstar in Bollywood's history.

Explanation of the novel's title

The novel describes the working of Bollywood (India's Hindi film industry) and the career of a fictional superstar in this "Show Business." The author has explained in numerous interviews that the title refers not only to Bollywood but also to politics (which the protagonist joins) and to religion (as practised by one of the characters, a Guru to the stars), both of which are also forms of "show business", selling illusions to the public.

Plot summary

Characters in "The Great Indian Novel"

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Characters in "Show Business"

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