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Nagme, Kisse, Baatein, Yaadein

Author : Rakesh Anand Bakshi
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789390914883

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Nagme, Kisse, Baatein, Yaadein by Rakesh Anand Bakshi Pdf

An intimate peek into the life of the soldier-turned-lyricist Anand Bakshi, from his formative years in undivided Punjab to eventually moving to Bombay and landing his first film Bhala Aadmi in 1958. Along the way, he lost his mother, his place of birth, and his home and wealth, but his zeal to stand up and walk after every stumble and his desire to become a film artist never abated. He eventually rose to become one of the most revered and sought-after lyricists in Hindi cinema, writing nearly 3300 songs in about 630 films over the next five decades. Written by his son, this is an inspiring story of faith, dreams, success and, above all, human values.

Let's Talk On-Air

Author : Rakesh Anand Bakshi
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789353054823

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Let's Talk On-Air by Rakesh Anand Bakshi Pdf

Do you want to be an RJ and entertain tons of listeners? Then this book is for you! Take a deep dive into the lives of fourteen eminent radio presenters to learn about the people behind the iconic voices that have entertained us via the airwaves-one of the oldest forms of communication. Gain some insight into these media influencers' life stories-on and off air-and how each unique voice has a phenomenal journey, and an exclusive story, to tell. Get to know the challenges, ideals, inspirations, favourite songs and icons of the popular radio jockeys of our time, including the legend Ameen Sayani, and maybe this can be a career which inspires you too!

Directors' Diaries

Author : Rakesh Anand Bakshi
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9789351364672

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Directors' Diaries by Rakesh Anand Bakshi Pdf

Filmmaking is a chance to lead many lifetimes Robert Altman Director: the invisible, omnipotent presence in cinema; a word that holds spaces inaccessible to most people. In Directors Diaries, Rakesh Bakshi demystifies that figure through the voices of twelve of the most iconic film-makers of our time. In doing so, he happens upon the greater questions of destiny and chance and how sometimes random encounters end up determining the course of a persons life. Bakshis interviews turn into deep and intimate conversations: Imtiaz Alis transformative experience as a reader during summer vacations, locked in a room; Govind Nihalanis visits with his father to temples in Udaipur, which influenced him as a cinematographer and filmmaker; Ashutosh Gowarikers disappointment at faring poorly in his board exams and being forced give up his dream to study architecture, which led him to seek avenues in theatre, folk dance, group singing, elocution contests in college, eventually leading him to cinema. Farah Khans passion for dance as a child and how she stopped dancing for almost fourteen years because her father did not like it and began doing so only after he passed away. How cinema became Subhash Ghais great escape, whenever his parents argued, he would run away to watch a film. How Vishal Bhardwaj composed his history lessons as songs so he could memorize them, and how he accompanied his friend on the harmonium at food festivals in Pragati Maidan to earn a livelihood. An invaluable record of Hindi cinemas old and new voices, and a study of the changing face of it, Directors Diaries is also an inspiring account of people battling great odds to achieve their dreams.

Directors' Diaries 2

Author : Rakesh Anand Bakshi
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789353057008

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Directors' Diaries 2 by Rakesh Anand Bakshi Pdf

With Directors' Diaries 2, Rakesh Anand Bakshi adds yet another invaluable volume to his on-going series of conversations with Hindi cinema's most iconic voices, this time sharing with us his conversations with some of the industry's most eminent film-makers-Shyam Benegal, Tanuja Chandra, Kabir Khan, Abhishek Chaubey, Nandita Das, Shakun Batra, Prabhudheva and Mohit Suri. The book also brings to light a significant but often overlooked behind-the-scenes crew such as spot boy Salim Shaikh, make-up artist Vikram Gaikwad and audiographer and sound designer Rakesh Ranjan. From the moment they were first drawn to the craft of film-making and how they got that elusive first break as a film-maker to films that left a deep impression on them and what they have learnt from other film-makers they admire, Directors' Diaries 2 is an invaluable collection of stories for aspiring directors and cinema fans alike.

Rajesh Khanna

Author : Yasser Usman
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789351188759

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Rajesh Khanna by Yasser Usman Pdf

The untold story of Hindi cinema’s first superstar Obsessed female fans routinely sent him love letters written in blood. Hysterical crowds camped outside his house to catch a glimpse of the superstar. And the frenzy unleashed by his public appearances was enough to give law-enforcers a nightmare. In the 1970s, Rajesh Khanna achieved the kind of fame that no film star had ever experienced before—or has since. But having climbed to the pinnacle of success, he then saw it all vanish. And through it all, he remained a fighter till the very end. In this riveting biography, journalist Yasser Usman examines Rajesh Khanna’s dramatic, colourful life in its entirety: from little-known facts about his childhood to the low-down on his relationships and rivalries, from his ambitious hopes to his deep-seated insecurities. What emerges is a tantalizingly written, meticulously researched chronicle of a fascinating and mercurial man—one who was both loved and feared by those closest to him. It is a story that encapsulates the glittering, seductive, cut-throat world of Bollywood at its best and its worst.

Picture Imperfect

Author : Saradindu Bandyopadhyay
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789351187912

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Picture Imperfect by Saradindu Bandyopadhyay Pdf

Classic tales of crime detection featuring Byomkesh Bakshi, the master inquisitor Written long before Satyajit Ray’s Feluda series, Saradindu Bandyopadhyay’s Byomkesh Bakshi mysteries heralded a new era in Bengali popular fiction. Set in the old-world Calcutta of the Raj, these stories featuring the astute investigator and his chronicler friend Ajit are still as gripping and delightful as when they first appeared. Byomkesh’s world, peopled with wonderfully delineated characters and framed by a brilliantly captured pre-Independence urban milieu, is fascinating because of its contemporary flavor. In the first story, Byomkesh works undercover to expose an organized crime ring trafficking in drugs. In ‘The Gramophone Pin Mystery’, he must put his razor-sharp intellect to good use to unearth the pattern behind a series of bizarre roadside murders. In ‘Calamity Strikes’, the ace detective is called upon to investigate the strange and sudden death of a girl in a neighbour’s kitchen. In the next story, he has to lock horns with an old enemy who has vowed to kill him with an innocuous but deadly weapon. And in ‘Picture Imperfect’, Byomkesh Bakshi unravels a complex mystery involving a stolen group photograph, an amorous couple, and an apparently unnecessary murder. Available in English for the first time in a superb translation, these stories will captivate every lover of crime fiction, young and old alike.

The Hindi Music Jukebox

Author : Manek Premchand
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781643247601

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The Hindi Music Jukebox by Manek Premchand Pdf

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.

Raj Kapoor

Author : Rahul Rawail
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9789388630184

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Raj Kapoor by Rahul Rawail Pdf

'If cinema did not exist, I would be non-existent.' - Raj Kapoor In this warm, thoughtful memoir, veteran filmmaker Rahul Rawail goes back to his days spent in R.K. Studios where he was nurtured and taught to handle the ropes of filmmaking from the Master himself-Raj Kapoor. Through stories only he can tell, Rawail delves not only into the techniques of the legendary filmmaker, but also into hitherto unknown aspects of Raj Kapoor's eccentric personality-his quirky sense of humour, his insights into life, the relationship he shared with his crew and his associations with artists of three generations. The book also examines how the lessons he learnt under the tutelage of Raj Kapoor carried Rahul Rawail through directing his own blockbuster films including Love Story, Betaab, Arjun and Dacait. Raj Kapoor: The Master at Work offers unique insights into what it took for Raj Kapoor to be an exceptional filmmaker, with his understanding of human emotions, virtues of music and the art of visual storytelling. Within these pages, one sees behind the enigma who lived and breathed cinema, in his before-seen role as a teacher, mentor, parent and guru.

Baat Niklegi toh Phir

Author : Sathya Saran
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789351363835

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Jagjit Singh was more than just the king of ghazals. He was a singer, composer, arranger, lyricist, all rolled into one. Besides which he was a brother, friend, husband, and above all a father. This biography of Jagjit Singh traces the evolution of the artiste from his Namdari Singh roots through his diverse musical influences to his recreation of the ghazal as a lively, contemporary form of music that could hold both the young and old in thrall. From the days of singing ad jingles to his breakthrough album, Unforgettables, to his soul searching music for Gulzar's Mirza Ghalib, from his love of music to his fetish for horses, from his marriage to Chitra Singh to his tryst with spirituality, this book tells the story of the most loved ghazal singer of our time with great sensitivity. Delving into Singh's personal triumphs and tragedies, Sathya Saran presents a man loved by many, revered by some and unsurpassed as yet in his chosen field.

Romancing with Life (PB)

Author : Dev Anand
Publisher : Prhi
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0143430610

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Romancing with Life (PB) by Dev Anand Pdf

In "Romancing with Life," the first-ever full-fledged memoir by a leading Bollywood star, Dev Anand tells his remarkable life story like only he can. Here are tales from Dev's youth in 1930s Gurdaspur and Lahore; his years of struggle in 1940s Bombay; his friendship with Guru Dutt and his doomed romance with Suraiya; his marriage to co-star Kalpana Kartik; his relationships with his brothers Chetan and Vijay Anand, with S.D. and R.D. Burman, with his compatriots Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor; to both of whom he was very close, and with his heroines from Geeta Bali, Madhubala, Meena Kumari, Nutan, Vyjayanthimala, Mumtaz and Hema Malini to Waheeda Rehman, Zeenat Aman and Tina Munim, all of whom he launched. Dev Anand has produced an unputdownable book chock-full of bittersweet reminiscences, written in a pacy, effervescent style that carries the reader through sixty of Bollywood's most interesting years. With rare pictures from his personal archive, "Romancing with Life" is the quintessential Dev Anand.

Big Book of Treats

Author : Pooja Dhingra
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-21
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9789351186373

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Big Book of Treats by Pooja Dhingra Pdf

The ultimate home baker’s cookbook, from Mumbai’s very own ‘macaron lady’ Meet Pooja Dhingra. Cupcake addict. Macaron lover. Baker. And founder and owner of Mumbai’s most famous French-style pâtisserie, Le15. Her passion for baking led Pooja to Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, and on her return she opened Le15 Pâtisserie, which was soon a runaway success. Today, as a professional baker, Pooja heads one of India’s finest pâtisseries. As a home baker, she makes hearty, uncomplicated desserts with kitchen staples that can be found at any corner shop. The Big Book of Treats is Pooja’s gift to Indian home bakers. Written with a professional’s exacting eye and a home chef ’s ability to improvise, it teaches you how to make everything from cookies and cupcakes to brownies and birthday cakes. Accessible, engaging and undeniably scrumptious, these recipes will bring all sorts of baked goodies—even macarons—into your own kitchen.

Dancing in the Breeze

Author : Osho
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789352140329

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Dancing in the Breeze by Osho Pdf

In Dancing in the Breeze, Osho describes Buddha as the first truly humanistic master, not concerned with God, with any other world, with paradise or hell. Buddha is directly focused on raising man’s awareness in this life and showing, in very scientific, exact words, how man can reach his full potential.// The book begins with Buddha’s eight steps of right living, and contains a discussion of the ten bhumis, the stages of development of a bodhisattva. Osho also talks about the nature of dreaming—both asleep and awake.

Amrita-Imroz, a Love Story

Author : Uma Trilok
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Authors, Hindi
ISBN : 0143100440

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Amrita-Imroz, a Love Story by Uma Trilok Pdf

When I Wrapped Myself With Your Being Our Bodies Turned Inwards In Contemplation Our Limbs Intertwined Like Blossoms In A Garland Like An Offering At The Altar Of The Spirit Our Names, Slipping Out Of Our Lips, Became A Sacred Hymn . . . (From Adi Dharam By Amrita Pritam) Acclaimed As The Doyenne Of Punjabi Literature, Amrita Pritam Received Many Awards, Including India S Highest Literary Award, The Jnanpith, In 1981. Born In Gujranwala, Now In Pakistan, In 1919, She Came To India After The Partition Of The Subcontinent In 1947. Her Best-Known Work Is A Classic Poem, Addressed To The Great Eighteenth-Century Sufi Poet Waris Shah, In Which She Laments The Carnage Of Partition And Calls On Him To Give Voice From His Grave. Amrita Met Imroz, A Well-Known Artist, In The 1960S And They Became Lifelong Companions. They Stayed Together For More Than Forty Years, Till Her Death, After A Long Illness, In October 2005. Amrita Imroz: A Love Story Offers Living Glimpses Of The Sacred Hymn Of Amrita Pritam And Imroz S Life Together. Uma Trilok Had The Rare Opportunity To Witness Their Remarkable Love Story And The Passionate Bond That They Shared For So Many Years. In This Moving Tribute She Communicates Her Sense Of Deep Wonder At Their Unique And Unconventional Relationship, As Also Her Profound Admiration For The Creative Energy Of These Two Extraordinary Individuals.

Main Shayar Toh Nahin

Author : Rajiv Vijayakar
Publisher : HarperCollins India
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Lyricists
ISBN : 9351364941

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Main Shayar Toh Nahin by Rajiv Vijayakar Pdf

With the advent of sound, Hindi songs acquired a grammar of their own, thanks to the introduction of songs as a part of the narrative - a tradition that is unique to Hindi cinema. This gave rise to a class of professionals who acquired a star status that was in the league of the actors themselves - the lyricists. Rajiv Vijayakar's book chronicles the journeys of leading film lyricists - from D.N. Madhok and Pandit Pradeep to Amitabh Bhattacharya and Irshad Kamil, including stalwarts like Shakeel Badayuni and Sahir Ludhianvi, Majrooh Sultanpuri and Anand Bakshi, Gulzar and Javed Akhtar - who have woven magic with the written word. Filled with trivia and never-before-heard-of anecdotes, Main Shaayar Toh Nahin is an introduction to the contribution made by some of the finest wordsmiths to the Hindi film industry.

Sholay

Author : Anupama Chopra
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000-12-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9789351181743

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Sholay by Anupama Chopra Pdf

National Award Winner: 'Best Book On Film' Year 2000. Film Journalist Anupama Chopra Tells The Fascinating Story Of How A Four-Line Idea Grew To Become The Greatest Blockbuster Of Indian Cinema. Starting With The Tricky Process Of Casting, Moving On To The Actual Filming Over Two Years In A Barren, Rocky Landscape, And Finally The First Weeks After The Film'S Release When The Audience Stayed Away And The Trade Declared It A Flop, This Is A Story As Dramatic And Entertaining As Sholay Itself. With The Skill Of A Consummate Storyteller, Anupama Chopra Describes Amitabh Bachchan'S Struggle To Convince The Sippys To Choose Him, An Actor With Ten Flops Behind Him, Over The Flamboyant Shatrughan Sinha; The Last-Minute Confusion Over Dates That Led To Danny Dengzongpa'S Exit From The Fim, Handing The Role Of Gabbar Singh To Amjad Khan; And The Budding Romance Between Hema Malini And Dharmendra During The Shooting That Made The Spot Boys Some Extra Money And Almost Killed Amitabh.