{"product_id":"presenting-persis-khambatta-9781476681955","title":"Presenting Persis Khambatta","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\tvi\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\t1\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: The Minneapolis Panic\t5\u003cbr\u003eThe Early Years\t\u003cbr\u003e 1946–1965\t9\u003cbr\u003eToday Bombay, Tomorrow (Miss) Universe 9\u003cbr\u003e 1966–1969\t14\u003cbr\u003eFrom Bheegi Raat to Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein 14\u003cbr\u003eThe Seventies\t\u003cbr\u003e 1970–1973\t19\u003cbr\u003eFrom Beloved India to Frozen England 19; Her First Flight 24\u003cbr\u003e 1974–1977\t26\u003cbr\u003eKhambatta in Kenya 26; Khambatta in Kohl 29; Siri, the ­­Power-Adjacent Princess 30; The Eternal August, Part I: The Screening of Persis 32\u003cbr\u003e 1978\t34\u003cbr\u003eThe 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\u003cbr\u003e 1979\t60\u003cbr\u003eThe Eternal August, Part V: The Blinding of Persis 60; The Eternal August, Part VI: Persis Is Presented 62\u003cbr\u003eThe Eighties\t\u003cbr\u003e 1980\t67\u003cbr\u003eStudio 54 on Parallel 42 67; The Trouble with Exotic Angels 71; Lovin' that cali lifestyle!! 75\u003cbr\u003e 1981\t79\u003cbr\u003eDenny, 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\u003cbr\u003e 1982\t95\u003cbr\u003ePersis vs. Soup 95; Hunter vs. Khan 97; The Megafudging of Major Zara 103; The Whitewashing of Octopussy 109; The Prime Minister of India Meets the Pride of India 112\u003cbr\u003e 1983\t115\u003cbr\u003eDevi, Coelho, and Khambatta 115; I Visited the Lost World and All I Got Was This Lousy Hairline Fracture 118; The Perils of Persis on the Idiot Box 119\u003cbr\u003e 1984\t122\u003cbr\u003eThe Saints of Imperfection 122; The Battle of the Bandit Queens 124; First Strikes and Last Resorts 128\u003cbr\u003e 1985\t132\u003cbr\u003eThe Pride of India's Perils in the Lost World 132; Waiting for Gandhi 136; Back to Bombay, for Now 140\u003cbr\u003e 1986–1988\t142\u003cbr\u003eMacGyver vs. Hunter 142; The Blinking Eye 143; The Flameout of the Phoenix 145; This Is a Lowe 150\u003cbr\u003e 1989–1990\t154\u003cbr\u003eThe Triillusion Dissolution 154; Exile on Main Street: Des Moines 155\u003cbr\u003eThe Nineties\t\u003cbr\u003e 1991–1993\t159\u003cbr\u003eExile on Main Street: Los Angeles 159; The New Old School 160; Persis Reaches Out 162\u003cbr\u003e 1994–1995\t164\u003cbr\u003ePersis Punches Back 164; Her Journey Through the Past 166; Another Dream Deferred 168\u003cbr\u003e 1996–1997\t170\u003cbr\u003ePride of India Is Begun 170; India's Pride Is Serenaded 173; Pride of India Is Published 174\u003cbr\u003e 1998\t177\u003cbr\u003eSo Long, It Has Not Been Nice to Know You 177; The ­­Pre-Mortem 179; Persis in the Tower, When the Birds Came 181\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\t185\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\t205\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t219","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040480297303,"sku":"9781476681955","price":24.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476681955.jpg?v=1750946883","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/presenting-persis-khambatta-9781476681955","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}