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Ten Years with Guru Dutt
Guru Dutt Is Probably The Only Indian Film-Maker Who, Within The Parameters Of The Box Office, Made A Personal Statement With His Cinema. His Films Stand Testimony Not Only To His Own Genius But Also To The Creativity Of His Team, Comprising Stalwarts Like Cameraman V.K. Murthy, Music Director S.D. Burman, And Writer Abrar Alvi, Among Others. In Ten Years With Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi&Rsquo;S Journey, Sathya Saran Looks At The Tumultuous Yet Incredibly Fecund Relationship Between The Mercurial Director And His Equally Talented Albeit Unsung Writer, A Partnership That Evolved Over A Decade Till Guru Dutt&Rsquo;S Tragic Death In 1964. Starting His Career As A Driver And Chaperone To Guru Dutt&Rsq...
The Dev Anand Story
A must-read for Dev Anand fans and students of film history “A broken nose sometimes makes a great boxer,” said the evergreen Bollywood star Dev Anand after his movie Ishq Ishq Ishq did not work at the box office. In his sixty-five years of unchallenged dominance as the most-loved Hindi film star, Dev Anand gave us several memorable hits like Guide, Taxi Driver, Hum Dono, Johny Mera Naam, and Hare Rama Hare Krishna. He was not only an exceptionally handsome and stylish hero. His ‘man of the future’ philosophy is worth emulating by persons of all generations. He neither celebrated his successes nor lamented over his failures. A Karma Yogi, in the true sense of the term, he produced, directed, and acted in a lead role in a movie at the age of eighty-eight, which is without parallel in the history of Bollywood. The book attempts to analyse why his philosophy of life is a source of inspiration for all. It also gives a detailed filmography from Hum Ek Hain to Charge Sheet, with a separate chapter on Guide, and a special write-up on his genius brother Vijay Anand.
On & Behind the Indian Cinema
Being a film-fan, the author has been in touch with the Indian Cinema from V. Shantaram's “Dahez” of 1948 to Arbaaz Khan's “Dabang” of 2012. During the six decades, he has come across to a good number of film personalities who are to be seen on the screen by the audience and also those who are behind the Indian Cinema. The present book covers both the aspects and revolves around not only to heroes and heroines but also to producers, directors, music directors, lyrics, songs, singers, choreographers and cameramen. It is a handy encyclopedia to all the cinegoers who want to add their latest knowledge in the field of old and new films pertaining to myth and romance respectively. The readers will get sufficient material pertaining to all the films from Ashok Kumar to Akshay Kumar, Madhubala to Anuskha Sharma, Anil Biswas to Pritam Chakraborty and Jaan Nissar Akhtar to Farhan Akhtar. All the eight chapters of this book are so beautifully intertwined that they can't be easily separated. The book systematically covers all the aspects of Indian Cinema starting from the beginning days to the recent times in an informative as well as interesting way.
A Journey Down Melody Lane
The Hindi film song has held millions spellbound for nearly eight decades. In this unputdownable ‘labour of love’, India’s leading film song historian, Raju Bharatan, delves deep into his treasure trove to tell us how singing is all about romancing, how composing is all about feelings, how the twain, stardom and songdom, do meet to make the vintage film number a part of the nation’s psyche. He reconstructs song happenings over the last sixty years or so to condense the emotion and passion going into legendary star hook-ups, showing us how with the pairing comes the vibe, with the vibe comes the tune, and with the tune unfolds cinema that is a ‘Madhuballad’ all the way. This volum...
A Dream Come True - Dharmendra
This book is based on the iconic actor Dharmendra Ji and all his accomplishments and his journey. This book highlights his beginning, struggle, success, barriers and all his movies and all actors he worked with. Here the reader will embark on a pictorial journey of his life.
Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema
The largest film industry in the world after Hollywood is celebrated in this updated and expanded edition of a now classic work of reference. Covering the full range of Indian film, this new revised edition of the Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema includes vastly expanded coverage of mainstream productions from the 1970s to the 1990s and, for the first time, a comprehensive name index. Illustrated throughout, there is no comparable guide to the incredible vitality and diversity of historical and contemporary Indian film.
Fantasy of Modernity
Looks at the role of love in 1950s Bombay cinema in terms of its cultural function and its social significance.
Mehmood, a Man of Many Moods
This Is The Rags To Riches Story Of Bollywood`S Superstar Comedian.
The Hindi Music Jukebox
This Indian film music book is a collection of eighty essays about the people who made remarkable music in Bollywood cinema, especially during the great era, and the ideas such people brought to the recording studios. When songs had to go without rhythms or when melodies had plenty of Q n A in them. In this music book, we flirt with Rock n Roll and scan songs that speed up at the end, we peep behind the screen to see what the idea was behind chorus songs in our films – even if there was no one to sing that chorus on the screen; it’s a huge list. These pages are a reflection of the time when everyone was fired up in their art, and when no one wanted to finish last in the race. It is about artists who every now and then dreamt ideas, and only after crystallizing things perfectly in their mind’s eye, went out to translate and transform their dreams into unforgettable melodies in Indian movies. Jukebox will interest the layman as well as the academician.
And The Music Lives On
And The Music Lives On is an authoritative compilation of articles focusing on the Hindi film music of the Golden Era. It emphatically highlights the exceptional composers, singers, and lyricists of that time. It provides in-depth explanations of musical concepts such as Scherzando and Doo-wop, supported by numerous examples. Additionally, it includes a diverse range of topics, from songs sung on bullock carts to a comprehensive chapter on qawwalis. Moreover, it vividly portrays the dedication of actor Balraj Sahni, who would shoot during the day and spend his nights in prison. This book is an invaluable treasure trove of information.
