Undressing Bollywood... the first in a trilogy... out now

LONDON - April 8, 2016 - PRLog -- Join Popo Gigi's heart-wrenching journey, from London to Bollywood, in search of 'DNA closure'.

After graduating from Oxbridge, Popo Gigi continues the desperate search for his absent English father, who abandoned his 'untouchable' Indian teenage mother-shipping her to London; alone, shameful and heavily pregnant. As a doting single-mother of twins, and despite a hand-to-mouth survival, she finds ways to fund their education.

Popo's pursuit lands him in Bombay (Mumbai), India. His BBC reporter guise exposes him to Bollywood's glitterati, and right into its shark infested underbelly. Swimming upstream, and weighed down by dilemmas galore: his first-love; Bollywood-producer father; Bollywood-diva stepmother; troubled-twin-brother and stalking-ex-Russian girlfriend to boot; not to mention his tag-along United Nations 'drama therapy' group-still needing supervision.

Nothing will stop Shakespeare-fanatic Popo Gigi's ambition: to stage a Bollywood-esque Romeo and Juliet in London--Shakespeare Goes Bollywood--propelled by his conviction: "If Shakespeare were alive today, he would be writing for Bollywood".

Popo Gigi: the earlier years - London to Bollywood is the first in a trilogy and prequel to the feature film Popo Gigi: Shakespeare Goes Bollywood  under the Jolliwood Productions banner; with tie-in novels from Jolliwood Books.

With the screenplay complete and production in development, Jolliwood Productions continues its international casting. Popo Gigi: Wanted in Hollywood - Gigiology will complete the trilogy.

Featured on BBC (Raj & Pablo Show).

About Samuel G. Sterling

From a lazy birth in Bombay to a Jesuit Catholic education, Sterling inadvertently indulged in Bollywood circles via family connections, followed by a pacey cosmopolitan upbringing in London. His diverse heritage and expanding social exposure, arouses the 'culture-vulture' within him-a catalysism for creativity as a screenwriter (see IMDB) and novelist. His raison d'etre: 'Taking fun seriously'.

With a number of documentaries under his belt, Sterling is an accredited and regular participant of the Festival de Cannes-partaking at the 2015 event to pave way for his forthcoming feature, Popo Gigi: Shakespeare Goes Bollywood. "This novel is my mixed-heritage love child-conceived out of 'faction'. The Popo Gigi Trilogy has been a cathartic and emotionally challenging expedition. Popo Gigi evolves as 'the' testament to perseverance, endurance and self-belief ... negotiating through hell; en route to heaven. Fun loving all the same."

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About the Book

Popo Gigi: the earlier years - London to Bollywood
by Samuel G. Sterling

A controversial Humorous Fiction with Romance and Adventure - 586pp

Paperback: ISBN 978-0-9932654-0-2    £12.95
York Publishing, 64, Hallfield Road, York YO31 7ZQ. Tel: 01904 431213

eBook: ISBN 978-0-9932654-2-6          £6.95
Amazon.co.uk & Amazon.com - worldwide

German, Spanish, French, Italian, Hindi, and Russian translations to follow.