Bollywood Boy by Justine Hardy [in AsianWeek]
26 Sep, by in Adult Readers, British, Indian, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian
Capturing her rollicking journey through India’s phenomenal Bollywood industry, journalist Hardy recounts the glitz and glitter of stars, their starlets, directors and various groupies as she searches for elusive pretty-boy, mega heartthrob Hrithik Roshan.
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