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Trust Me (novel)
''Trust Me'' is the biggest-selling Indian chick lit novel. Written by Rajashree, it is set in Bollywood, the Bombay film industry and uses the narrative structure of a masala Bollywood film. Explanation of the novel's title The title of ''Trust Me'' comes from an old joke that is quoted in the novel: 'You didn't let me open your hand in the beginning, and even when you did, you opened it very slowly – that shows that you don't trust easily,' he said. 'You're too closed as a person. Open up, you'll enjoy life more.' I took my hand back from him and lit a cigarette. 'Do you know what "trust me" means in Polish?' I asked. He shook his head. 'What?' "'Fuck you.'" He laughed. I smiled. 'So, when a guy says "trust me",' I said to him, 'a warning bell rings in my head.' He made a face. 'Why are you so hard, so defensive?' 'Have to be, living in Bombay, alone.' Plot summary Set against the backdrop of the Hindi film industry, ''Trust Me'' is a comic story about love, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajashree (novelist)
Rajashree is an Indian novelist and film-maker. She has been working in the Mumbai film industry after studying film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India. She has written and directed a film, ''The Rebel'', which won a National Award in the Best Short Fiction Film category at the 43rd National Film Awards. The jury presented the award "for showing an adolescent's journey to maturity and his coming to terms with his mother." The film was screened at many film festivals. She has made a film about communal violence called ''The Connection''. Her critically acclaimed debut, '' Trust Me'', is the biggest-selling Indian chick lit novel. It is set in Bollywood, the Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ... film industry, and uses the narrative str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Femina (India)
''Femina'' is an Indian magazine owned by Worldwide Media, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Times Group. ''Femina'', the oldest women's English magazine in the country, has been published for almost six decades. It has evolved to cover a broad spectrum of topics, including relationships, career, fashion, beauty, and women achievers who have left a mark in their chosen field. The bimonthly magazine branched out into regionals with Femina Hindi, Femina Bangla and Femina Tamil. Apart from this, it publishes ''Femina Salon & Spa'', which is distributed directly to Indian beauty businesses monthly, and verticals such as ''Femina Brides'', ''Femina Parenting'', and ''Femina Cookbook'' at varying periodicity. Some of its Marque properties are Femina Beauty Awards, Femina Women Awards, Femina Stylista, Femina Showcase. History and profile ''Femina'' was founded in 1959. The magazine was first published in July 1959. It has organized and sponsored the Femina Miss India beauty pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood In Fiction
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Hollywood". The industry is a part of the larger Indian cinema, which also includes South Cinema and other smaller film industries. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364 have been from Hindi. , Hindi cinema represented 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue; Tamil and Telugu cinema represented 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent. Hindi cinema has overtaken the U.S. film industry to become the largest centre for film production in the world. In 2001 ticket sales, Indian cinema (including Hindi films) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold. Earlier Hindi films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels Set In Mumbai
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Indian Romance Novels
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Indian Comedy Novels
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Chick Lit Novels
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2006 Indian Novels
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The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name ''The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''"The"'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his "Tamil Nadu" press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, '' Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price of the newspaper. Faced with financial difficultie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Jones's Diary (novel)
''Bridget Jones's Diary'' is a 1996 novel by Helen Fielding. Written in the form of a personal diary, the novel chronicles a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a thirty-something single working woman living in London. She writes about her career, self-image, vices, family, friends, and romantic relationships. By 2006, the book had sold over two million copies worldwide. Critics have credited Fielding's novel as the "ur-text" of the contemporary chick lit movement. A sequel, '' The Edge of Reason'', was published in 1999. Plot The plot is focused on Bridget's love life. She worries on a regular basis about dying without someone and going on to be eaten by dogs when her singleness causes her death not to be discovered promptly, an obsession that a ''USA Today'' reviewer called "one of ridget'smore cheerful daydreams".Deirdre Donahue. "Following the lovable and loony 'Bridget Jones', ''USA Today'', May 28, 1998, page 5D. However, during the course of the year she becomes invo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Fielding
Helen Fielding (born 19 February 1958) is an English novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones, and a sequence of novels and films beginning with the life of a thirty something singleton in London trying to make sense of life and love. ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' (1996) and '' Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'' (1999) were published in 40 countries and sold more than 15 million copies. The two films of the same name achieved international success. In a survey conducted by ''The Guardian'' newspaper, ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' was named as one of the ten novels that best defined the 20th century. ''Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy'' was published in autumn 2013 with record-breaking first-day sales in the UK exceeding 46,000 copies. It occupied the number one spot on ''The Sunday Times'' bestseller list for six months. In her review for ''The New York Times'' review, Sarah Lyall called the novel "sharp and humorous" and sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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