The German translation of Anupama Chopra's bestseller ''King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema'' will be released on January 30.

The book is being published by Rapid Eye Movies, a leading distributor of Bollywood films in Germany. This is their first publishing venture, a press release issued here today said.

''King of Bollywood'', published by Warner Books, has already sold over 10,000 copies in India.

It has also been translated into Hindi and Marathi, while the Malayalam and Indonesian language translations are slated to hit the stores later this year.

Anupama has been invited to speak about the book and Bollywood at prestigious institutions such as the Asia Society and the Museum of Moving Image in New York, the Peabody Essex Museum in Boston and the New York University Film School.

Commenting on the German release, Anupama said, ''I am very excited about the German version of the book. Germans love Bollywood and especially Shah Rukh Khan. I hope they find my book as colourful, dramatic and engaging as our films.''