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Drama Queen
So BIZARRE It’s Gotta be True! Filmstar, writer, singer, painter, candlestick maker – Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, dips in and out of her life, taking us through a hormone-driven period, five years post marriage, divorce, fame and everything else that a girl could possibly want – to the present. Now a single mother suffering the crippling effects of ‘Aphallatosis’ – a rare mental disorder arising from lack of sex – she is only looking for the happy-ever-after of true love and twin babies, but finds herself being pushed in all the wrong directions by shrewd analysts, horny canines, pushy gal-pals, and men who are either unsuitable, unwilling, or just plain terrified. How can she loosen up without becoming loose? How can she hold on to her sanity? How can she shake off the vice-like grip of her primly disapproving, strict, South Indian, moral, middle-class upbringing? And, Aiyyo, what will Amma say? Wicked, irrepressibly funny and over-the-top, yet also vulnerable and dark, Drama Queen is a fictional memoir that will make you laugh and cry and look at the modern Indian woman in a whole new light.'
The Good News Reporter
Pretty, dainty Sonal, Chitrangana's best friend and owner of Cuddles, the cutest cocker spaniel ever, knows what she wants to do for the rest of her life. She's going to be a television journalist. And not just any old reporter, but a good news reporter. After all, the media influences the way everyone thinks and behaves, so the more good people see happening around them, the happier and better people they are going to be. When her father's boss, the owner of Spark news channel, commissions her to produce five-minute children's specials for the channel, she straps Funky, the cool monkey with a hidden camera, around her waist and plunges into the mad, bad world of television reporting. There ...
The Summer of Cool
The Summer Holidays Have Begun, And Swapnalok Society Is Going To Change Forever&Hellip; Ten-Year-Old Chitrangana, With Her Innocent Eyes And Precocious Lies, Is The Despair Of Her Gang Of Friends At Swapnalok Society In Downtown Mumbai. All She Wants Is To Grow Her Hair, Have Her Mother Bake Her An Angel Cake, And Become A Bathroom Decorator Of Repute. But Deep Down, What She Really Really Wants Is To Find Her Father. Meanwhile, There Is Not A Dull Moment As The Varied, Often Eccentric Residents Of Swapnalok Society Go About Their Lives. Underwear Uncle And Aunty Are On Their Way Out, Sita Maami Has Developed A Formula For Cola Water That The Cola Company Wants To Buy From Her, There&Rsquo;...
BollySwar: 1991 - 2000
BollySwar is a decade-wise compendium of information about the music of Hindi films. Volume 7 chronicles the Hindi film music of the decade between 1991 and 2000. This volume catalogues more than 1000 films and 7000 songs, involving more than 1000 music directors, lyricists and singers. An overview of the decade highlights the key artists of the decade - music directors, lyricists and singers - and discusses the emerging trends in Hindi film music. A yearly review provides listings of the year's top artists and songs and describes the key milestones of the year in Hindi film music. The bulk of the book provides the song listing of every Hindi film album released in the decade. Basic informat...
Visual Anthropology of Indian Films
This book provides a unique insider’s look at the world’s largest film industry, now globally known as ‘Bollywood’ and challenges existing notions about Indian films. Indian films have been a worldwide phenomenon for decades. Chapters in this edited volume take a fresh view of various hidden gems by maestros such as Raj Kapoor, Bimal Roy, V Shantaram, Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen, Shakti Samant, Rishikesh Mukherjee, and others. Other chapters provide a pioneering review and analysis of the portrayal of Indian religious communities such as Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and Parsis. The themes covered include unique Indian feminism and male chauvinism, environment and climate ...
BollySwar: 2001 - 2010
BollySwar is a decade-wise compendium of information about the music of Hindi films. Volume 8 chronicles the Hindi film music of the decade between 2001 and 2010. This volume catalogues more than 1000 films and 8000 songs, involving more than 2000 music directors, lyricists and singers. An overview of the decade highlights the key artists of the decade - music directors, lyricists and singers - and discusses the emerging trends in Hindi film music. A yearly review provides listings of the year's top artists and songs and describes the key milestones of the year in Hindi film music. The bulk of the book provides the song listing of every Hindi film album released in the decade. Basic informat...
Of Age and Agelessness
This is a delightful collection of twenty-four poems written by a normal yet ‘phenomenal woman’ who expresses with exquisite sensitivity the joys, sorrows, gains, losses, achievements and regrets of her life as a professional teacher, wife, mother, daughter and daughter-in-law. Dr. MITA BOSE, Retd. Associate Professor of English, IP College, Delhi University Usha Diptivilasa recreates a world that most of us have left behind, but all of us yearn to go back to. You can read these poems anytime, be it a summer afternoon or a winter night. They make you feel contemplative and leave you enhanced. There’s a clarity of vision in these poems. AVIJIT GHOSH, Sr. Editor, The Times of India The ditties hummed in this book capture the flavour of daily experiences, even as the poet pens to capture word-buds waiting to sprout. Imagery flows freely from infinite passion for the depth of experience and feeling. The fine impress of the pressed dandelion, scramble to perfection in the little blue book, farewells on divergent tracks: these and other vignettes form the spectrum of thought. The volume tries to fathom the range of emotions along the journey of time from dawn to dusk of life.
BollySwar: 1981 - 1990
BollySwar is a decade-wise compendium of information about the music of Hindi films. Volume 6 chronicles the Hindi film music of the decade between 1981 and 1990. This volume catalogues more than 1000 films and 7000 songs, involving more than 1000 music directors, lyricists and singers. An overview of the decade highlights the key artists of the decade - music directors, lyricists and singers - and discusses the emerging trends in Hindi film music. A yearly review provides listings of the year's top artists and songs and describes the key milestones of the year in Hindi film music. The bulk of the book provides the song listing of every Hindi film album released in the decade. Basic informat...
Bollywood in Posters
A rare compilation of hand-printed as well as digitalized landmark Hindi film posters from the 1930s to the present - both tracing the journey of an art form and the evolution of cinema in India. The text accompanying each poster carries a synopsis, banner, details of cast and technical crew, date of release, famous songs, awards won, and some lesser-known anecdotes about the film. The posters are from young Hindi film buff, S M M Ausaja's personal collection of posters, lobby cards, record album covers and other memorabilia.
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