King of Bollywood
Chapter One
Bollywood Dreams
Dreams come true in Dalton. The small, unimposing town in Georgia,
mostly known as the carpet capital of the world, is a setting for
miracles. Bhavesh Sheth knows that.
Bhavesh, a portly, spectacled man with curly hair and an eager
manner, stands out in Dalton. He is among the handful of Indians
living there; only 2 percent of the town's 27,912 residents are
Asian. Many of these are doctors, but Bhavesh is in the motel
business. His father, Ramesh, runs a Super 8 Motel located near the
Dalton Convention Center. It is a family business. Ramesh is the
general manager and Bhavesh the assistant manager. Their wives also
help to manage the two-star, 102-unit motel.
Bhavesh has never lived in India. His father emigrated in the early
1970s, and Bhavesh was born in Canada in 1974. Ramesh went where
there was work. Bhavesh grew up in Detroit, Houston, and Tennessee.
He visited India with his parents when money and time permitted. But
in 1999, in accordance with his parents' wishes, Bhavesh had an
arranged marriage with Tejal, a girl b ... read full excerpt from King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema ebook
