Bullets Over Bombay

Author : Uday Bhatia
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9789354227936

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Bullets Over Bombay by Uday Bhatia Pdf

In 1998, Satya opened to widespread critical acclaim. At a time when Bollywood was still rediscovering romance, Ram Gopal Varma's film dared to imagine the ordinary life of a Mumbai gangster. It kicked off a new wave of Hindi gangster films that depicted a vital, gritty side of Mumbai, rarely shown in mainstream cinema until then. More than two decades later, it has become an iconic film. When it was released, the regular moviegoer would have been hard-pressed to recognise more than a couple of names in the film's credits. Today, it reads like an honour roll - Anurag Kashyap, Manoj Bajpayee, Vishal Bhardwaj, Saurabh Shukla. Speaking to the people who made Satya a landmark film, Uday Bhatia tells the incredible story of how it all came together, how it drew from the gangster and street film traditions, and why it went on to become a modern classic.

Author : Chandra Vikram,Chandra,Vikram
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Mumbai (India)
ISBN : 0143414178

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Love And Longing In Bombay (R/E) by Chandra Vikram,Chandra,Vikram Pdf

A collection of stories set in contemporary India. In Dharma, a soldier is forced to amputate his leg in order to save his life, Shakti is on two feuding society women, and Kama is on a detective who discovers political corruption at the highest level.

Author : Cathy Scott-clark,Adrian Levy
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780143126089

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The Siege by Cathy Scott-clark,Adrian Levy Pdf

In the page-turning tradition of Black Hawk Down, the definitive account of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai Mumbai, 2008. On the night of November 26, Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists attacked targets throughout the city, including the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, one of the world’s most exclusive luxury hotels. For sixty-eight hours, hundreds were held hostage as shots rang out and an enormous fire raged. When the smoke cleared, thirty-one people were dead and many more had been injured. Only the courageous actions of staff and guests—including Mallika Jagad, Bob Nichols, and Taj general manager Binny Kang—prevented a much higher death toll. With a deep understanding of the region and its politics and a narrative flair reminiscent of Midnight in Peking, journalists Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy vividly unfold the tragic events in a real-life thriller filled with suspense, tragedy, history, and heroism.

Author : Nūruna Nabī
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781452043777

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Bullets of '71 by Nūruna Nabī Pdf

In this publication, the author describes growing up in rural Bangladesh and how he lived through the tumultuous episodes of the Bangladesh liberation movement. During this time, he developed into a politically conscious student activist before transforming into a heroic freedom fighter in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

Author : Hussain Zaidi
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-16
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9789352772926

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Byculla to Bangkok by Hussain Zaidi Pdf

The high-stakes game of the underworld has new faces, working for and against Dawood Ibrahim - the shadowy, manipulative figure that pulls the strings. Dawood's own deputy turned arch-rival Chhota Rajan, thug-turned-politician Arun Gawli, Amar (Raavan) Naik and his engineer brother Ashwin Naik, and a host of other characters, big and small, walk the pages of this compelling history of the Maharashtrian mobsters who were once dubbed 'amchi muley', 'our boys', by Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray. Equally fascinating are the stories of the famous - and infamous - policemen and 'encounter specialists' who took the gangs on with great success and not too many scruples. Violence and deceit one expects to read of, but the strength of this book is also its ability to capture the mundane - almost naive - beginnings of what very quickly became the organized crime and brutal vendettas that held Mumbai to ransom through the last decades of the twentieth century. Meticulously researched and thrillingly told by the acknowledged expert on the underworld, this is faster-paced than Dongri to Dubai, and even more chilling in its implications for India and the subcontinent.

Author : Ram Gopal Varma
Publisher : Rupa Publications India
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8129137496

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Guns & Thighs by Ram Gopal Varma Pdf

In these delightfully candid musings about his life and his cinema, RGV reveals the man behind pioneering Telugu and Hindi films such as Shiva, Rangeela, Satya, Sarkar, Bhoot and Company. Discussing a wide range of subjects, from the influences and circumstances that drew him to films to his cinematic techniques, his successful and unsuccessful films, his Bollywood idols, his relations with the media and the controversies dogging him, Guns & Thighs is as much about RGV's life and philosophy of life as about his films and the Indian film world. Characteristically, he pulls no punches, whether he's talking about movies, women or the media. Even when it comes to his own films, he embraces his failures as much his successes and dissects them with rare honesty and humility. Refreshingly contrarian and politically incorrect, this book discloses a perspective as colourful and larger than life as Indian films. It is not for RGV fans alone but for all those passionate about cinema and the people associated with it.

Author : Karishma Mehta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : City and town life
ISBN : 8179918955

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Humans of Bombay by Karishma Mehta Pdf

"About the book In 2014 Karishma Mehta started Humans of Bombay to capture the untold stories of the millions of people living in the maximum city. This book entails a handpicked collection of some of the best stories on the Humans of Bombay Facebook blog as well as several unseen stories. Funny insightful quirky and intimate these stories are sure to make your heart melt."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Adam Yamey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0244203873

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IDEAS, BOMBS, and BULLETS by Adam Yamey Pdf

*This is a true tale of bombs, guns, lawyers, patriots, philosophers, revolutionaries, and scholars. It concerns a little known part of the history of India's long struggle for independence. *A large Victorian house stands in a residential street in the north London suburb of Highgate. Between 1905 and 1910, it was known as ?India House?, and was a meeting place and hostel for Indian students, many of whom wished to help liberate India from centuries of British domination. *In the 19th and 20th centuries before India's independence, many young Indians came to England to be educated. This is the story of a few of them, who came to Britain in the early 20th century, and then risked sacrificing their freedom, prospects, and lives by becoming involved in India's freedom struggle. *This book describes the true adventurous exploits of members of Highgate's India House (including VD Savarkar, Madan Lal Dhingra, and VVS Aiyar) and its history.

Author : Julio Ribeiro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Police chiefs
ISBN : 8187520965

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Bullet for Bullet by Julio Ribeiro Pdf

Author : Pavitra Sundar
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780472903665

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Listening with a Feminist Ear by Pavitra Sundar Pdf

Listening with a Feminist Ear is a study of the cultural politics and possibilities of sound in cinema. Eschewing ocularcentric and siloed disciplinary formations, the book takes seriously the radical theoretical and methodological potential of listening. It models a feminist interpretive practice that is not just attuned to how power and privilege are materialized in sound, but that engenders new, counter-hegemonic imaginaries. Focusing on mainstream Bombay cinema, Sundar identifies singing, listening, and speaking as key sites in which gendered notions of identity and difference take form. Charting new paths through seven decades of film, media, and cultural history, Sundar identifies key shifts in women’s playback voices and the Islamicate genre of the qawwali. She also conceptualizes spoken language as sound, and turns up the volume on a capacious, multilingual politics of belonging that scholarly and popular accounts of nation typically render silent. All in all, Listening with a Feminist Ear offers a critical sonic sensibility that reinvigorates debates about the gendering of voice and body in cinema, and the role of sound and media in conjuring community.

Author : Ranjani Mazumdar
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Motion picture industry
ISBN : 1452913021

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Bombay Cinema by Ranjani Mazumdar Pdf

Author : Connie Haham
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789351940494

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Manmohan Desai's Enchantment of the Mind by Connie Haham Pdf

Anhonee ko honee karna hamara kaam hai.' (It is our job to make the impossible possible.) The sentence leading into the title song of the blockbuster film Amar Akbar Anthony sums up the magic of Manmohan Desai, the master entertainer whose desire to please his public made his name synonymous with success during much of his career in popular Hindi cinema from 1960 to 1988. In Enchantment of the Mind: Manmohan Desai's Films, Connie Haham delves into the director's work and analyses some of his cinematic signatures - speed, fun, adventure and delight, alongside a devotion to motherhood and a stance in favour of inter-religious harmony. His cinema is fondly remembered for its many catchy tunes and the characters brought to life by leading stars, from Raj Kapoor to Amitabh Bachchan. Lending extra magic to this book is Manmohan Desai's own account of a life dedicated to cinema - a medium he wielded artfully to depict both struggle and an affirmation of life.

Author : Krishna Bhatia
Publisher : kitab writing publication
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-08
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789358689365

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ZEALOT Bullets over the horizon by Krishna Bhatia Pdf

The book is second part under the book series CUSTODIANS OF NATION… THIS BOOK IS NOT WRITTEN TO HARM ONE’S SENTIMENTS.. WITH AN ACTION OF RESPECT THIS BOOK IS JUST A TRIBUTE TO THE GOLDEN PEOPLE WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES.

Author : Dinesh Limbachiya
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798885303767

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Bombay to Mumbai by Dinesh Limbachiya Pdf

The Mumbai drugs mafia worked; thanks to the Commissioner’s mercy. Ayesha was the only one who knew about this secret information. The Commissioner had blurted all his secrets to her when he had downed a few pegs and was lost in her beauty. He found peace in Ayesha’s arms, and they spent many nights together. This was also one of the many reasons to not put up a camera inside the house. The next day Vakil Saab’s statement was printed on the front page of all the Gujarati newspapers. The Gujarat Government took this statement very seriously and asked the Home Minister to initiate an enquiry. Gujarat police wanted to save their prestige. They gathered all the informants and started the search. The next day, the Gulf News carried the headline, “Zakir dies of an overdose.” The crime world was shaken by this news. It was unbelievable that a horrible man like Zakir would end his existence by simply an overdose of the same drug he was selling. The Dubai police stated that Zakir died in the bathtub consuming alcohol. The post-mortem report also said that Zakir died due to alcohol and drugs.

Author : Diptakirti Chaudhuri
Publisher : Hachette India
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789391028343

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The Bollywood Pocketbook of Iconic Dates by Diptakirti Chaudhuri Pdf

A Hindi film goes to Cannes. Raj Kapoor goes to Russia. Dilip Kumar stands up in court against Madhubala. Stardust finds itself facing a judge...again! Amitabh Bachchan resurrects himself. Gulshan Kumar is shot dead. The Bollywood Pocketbook of Iconic Dates records 50 momentous dates that mark major breakthroughs in the history of Hindi cinema. Dates on which blockbusters released and started trends. Dates when the country's politics was influenced by a film. And dates on which Hindi cinema changed the world as we knew it! Whether you're a trivia buff or a die hard Bollywood fan, or on your way to converting detractors into becoming one, this must-have book will have you proclaiming 'Tareekh par tareekh, tareekh par tareekh!'