Balham to Bollywood
Balham to Bollywood.
Author: Chris England.
Year: 2002
Honest review of Balham to Bollywood - here.
Another review which pretty much is true of the book - here.
Lets look at my review now.
I read the book the day I arrived at Jimma, Ethiopia, where I was for a few months. On a normal day, I wouldn't have even thought that such a book existed. Mom found it in one of the cupboards in the house that she moved into when it was alloted to her. She doesn't read books much, except the Bible, other spiritual books and Biochemistry. She had flipped through a few pages of this book, though, and suggested I give it a try. I did, and it sure was worth it.
The author is one of the actors who plays a character called "Yardley" in the oscar-nominated movie, "Lagaan". The author has, in my words, blogged out each day of his stay in India and every experience of his into a very well-written book. His sense of humor is amazing, and it runs through the book till the end. Its surprising how menancingly mean he looked in the movie. As Yardley, he was someone you better not mess with. His moustache, his bulky figure, everything about him in the movie carried an aura of watch-out-for-the-big-bully on this guy; and on a normal day, you wouldn't expect Yardley to crack a joke, much less laugh on anything funny. In real life, Chris England is just that opposite, which just shows that he is a wonderful actor as well.
The best part of the book is the real cricket match the English and the Indians and guess who wins? The movie had to have the Indians winning or else, it wouldn't have lasted a day in India. It is just the opposite in the real match.
It also tells about the effort the Indian movie makers take to make "Lagaan" a reality. That's truly amazing. Surviving a few weeks in the heat of Bhuj is no easy task for any person, let alone the British. They did it, the movie made money and the book just gives more insight on how "exactly" that came about. It makes good reading...
Author: Chris England.
Year: 2002
Honest review of Balham to Bollywood - here.
Another review which pretty much is true of the book - here.
Lets look at my review now.
I read the book the day I arrived at Jimma, Ethiopia, where I was for a few months. On a normal day, I wouldn't have even thought that such a book existed. Mom found it in one of the cupboards in the house that she moved into when it was alloted to her. She doesn't read books much, except the Bible, other spiritual books and Biochemistry. She had flipped through a few pages of this book, though, and suggested I give it a try. I did, and it sure was worth it.
The author is one of the actors who plays a character called "Yardley" in the oscar-nominated movie, "Lagaan". The author has, in my words, blogged out each day of his stay in India and every experience of his into a very well-written book. His sense of humor is amazing, and it runs through the book till the end. Its surprising how menancingly mean he looked in the movie. As Yardley, he was someone you better not mess with. His moustache, his bulky figure, everything about him in the movie carried an aura of watch-out-for-the-big-bully on this guy; and on a normal day, you wouldn't expect Yardley to crack a joke, much less laugh on anything funny. In real life, Chris England is just that opposite, which just shows that he is a wonderful actor as well.
The best part of the book is the real cricket match the English and the Indians and guess who wins? The movie had to have the Indians winning or else, it wouldn't have lasted a day in India. It is just the opposite in the real match.
It also tells about the effort the Indian movie makers take to make "Lagaan" a reality. That's truly amazing. Surviving a few weeks in the heat of Bhuj is no easy task for any person, let alone the British. They did it, the movie made money and the book just gives more insight on how "exactly" that came about. It makes good reading...
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