In 1965, 18-year-old Persis Khambatta became the third woman to be crowned Miss India. After moving to England and then to the United States, she found worldwide fame in the first Star Trek movie in 1979, and in 1980 she became the first Indian presenter at the Academy Awards. The American film industry seemed never to forgive Khambatta for being a non-white woman who refused to do nude scenes. After failing to sustain a career as either a producer or a performer, she achieved a triumph before her sudden death in 1998 with the publication of her book Pride of India: A Tribute to Miss India.…mehr
In 1965, 18-year-old Persis Khambatta became the third woman to be crowned Miss India. After moving to England and then to the United States, she found worldwide fame in the first Star Trek movie in 1979, and in 1980 she became the first Indian presenter at the Academy Awards. The American film industry seemed never to forgive Khambatta for being a non-white woman who refused to do nude scenes. After failing to sustain a career as either a producer or a performer, she achieved a triumph before her sudden death in 1998 with the publication of her book Pride of India: A Tribute to Miss India. Based on contemporary news articles and primary sources, this first biography examines Khambatta's Hindi and English-language film and television work, and demonstrates the many ways she was ahead of her time as a filmmaker, feminist, and humanitarian.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Sherilyn Connelly is a San Francisco-based writer and librarian.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Prologue: The Minneapolis Panic The Early Years 1946-1965 Today Bombay, Tomorrow (Miss) Universe 9 1966-1969 From Bheegi Raat to Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein 14 The Seventies 1970-1973 From Beloved India to Frozen England 19; Her First Flight 24 1974-1977 Khambatta in Kenyä26; Khambatta in Kohl 29; Siri, the Power-Adjacent Princess 30; The Eternal August, Part I: The Screening of Persis 32 1978 The Eternal August, Part II: The Shave of Singularity 34; The Eternal August, Part III: Ilia Is Introduced 41; The Eternal August, Part IV: Rush Hour on the Event Horizon 47 1979 The Eternal August, Part V: The Blinding of Persis 60; The Eternal August, Part VI: Persis Is Presented 62 The Eighties 1980 Studio 54 on Parallel 42 67; The Trouble with Exotic Angels 71; Lovin' that cali lifestyle!! 75 1981 Denny, Khambatta, and Oui 79; Release the Nighthawks 82; The Esquireman Weekend 85; Birds of a Feather Cannot Always Cohabitate Together 89; The (Mega)force of (Tri)illusion 92 1982 Persis vs. Soup 95; Hunter vs. Khan 97; The Megafudging of Major Zarä103; The Whitewashing of Octopussy 109; The Prime Minister of India Meets the Pride of Indiä112 1983 Devi, Coelho, and Khambattä115; I Visited the Lost World and All I Got Was This Lousy Hairline Fracture 118; The Perils of Persis on the Idiot Box 119 1984 The Saints of Imperfection 122; The Battle of the Bandit Queens 124; First Strikes and Last Resorts 128 1985 The Pride of India's Perils in the Lost World 132; Waiting for Gandhi 136; Back to Bombay, for Now 140 1986-1988 MacGyver vs. Hunter 142; The Blinking Eye 143; The Flameout of the Phoenix 145; This Is a Lowe 150 1989-1990 The Triillusion Dissolution 154; Exile on Main Street: Des Moines 155 The Nineties 1991-1993 Exile on Main Street: Los Angeles 159; The New Old School 160; Persis Reaches Out 162 1994-1995 Persis Punches Back 164; Her Journey Through the Past 166; Another Dream Deferred 168 1996-1997 Pride of India Is Begun 170; India's Pride Is Serenaded 173; Pride of India Is Published 174 1998 So Long, It Has Not Been Nice to Know Yoü177; The Pre-Mortem 179; Persis in the Tower, When the Birds Came 181 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Prologue: The Minneapolis Panic The Early Years 1946-1965 Today Bombay, Tomorrow (Miss) Universe 9 1966-1969 From Bheegi Raat to Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein 14 The Seventies 1970-1973 From Beloved India to Frozen England 19; Her First Flight 24 1974-1977 Khambatta in Kenyä26; Khambatta in Kohl 29; Siri, the Power-Adjacent Princess 30; The Eternal August, Part I: The Screening of Persis 32 1978 The Eternal August, Part II: The Shave of Singularity 34; The Eternal August, Part III: Ilia Is Introduced 41; The Eternal August, Part IV: Rush Hour on the Event Horizon 47 1979 The Eternal August, Part V: The Blinding of Persis 60; The Eternal August, Part VI: Persis Is Presented 62 The Eighties 1980 Studio 54 on Parallel 42 67; The Trouble with Exotic Angels 71; Lovin' that cali lifestyle!! 75 1981 Denny, Khambatta, and Oui 79; Release the Nighthawks 82; The Esquireman Weekend 85; Birds of a Feather Cannot Always Cohabitate Together 89; The (Mega)force of (Tri)illusion 92 1982 Persis vs. Soup 95; Hunter vs. Khan 97; The Megafudging of Major Zarä103; The Whitewashing of Octopussy 109; The Prime Minister of India Meets the Pride of Indiä112 1983 Devi, Coelho, and Khambattä115; I Visited the Lost World and All I Got Was This Lousy Hairline Fracture 118; The Perils of Persis on the Idiot Box 119 1984 The Saints of Imperfection 122; The Battle of the Bandit Queens 124; First Strikes and Last Resorts 128 1985 The Pride of India's Perils in the Lost World 132; Waiting for Gandhi 136; Back to Bombay, for Now 140 1986-1988 MacGyver vs. Hunter 142; The Blinking Eye 143; The Flameout of the Phoenix 145; This Is a Lowe 150 1989-1990 The Triillusion Dissolution 154; Exile on Main Street: Des Moines 155 The Nineties 1991-1993 Exile on Main Street: Los Angeles 159; The New Old School 160; Persis Reaches Out 162 1994-1995 Persis Punches Back 164; Her Journey Through the Past 166; Another Dream Deferred 168 1996-1997 Pride of India Is Begun 170; India's Pride Is Serenaded 173; Pride of India Is Published 174 1998 So Long, It Has Not Been Nice to Know Yoü177; The Pre-Mortem 179; Persis in the Tower, When the Birds Came 181 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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