Gulzar's Aandhi
Gulzar's Aandhi

Author: Saba Mahmood Bashir

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2019-02-25

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9353025095

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At one level, Gulzar's Aandhi (1975) is a story of estranged love between two headstrong and individualistic personalities; at another, it is a tongue-in-cheek comment on the political scenario of the country. Through a close textual analysis of the film, this book examines in detail its stellar cast, the language and dialogues, and the evergreen songs which had a major role in making the film a commercial success. Gulzar's own insights into the making of Aandhi (from an interview) further enhances the readers' understanding of the film. Saba Bashir's book will delight those wanting to savour the duality and drama that befit life, or shall we say, cinema.

Gulzariyat - Gulzar’s Songs: Discover What’s Beneath
Gulzariyat - Gulzar’s Songs: Discover What’s Beneath

Author: Neeraj Sharma

Publisher: BecomeShakespeare.com

Published: 2019-08-08

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 938893086X

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Ever been mesmerized by Gulzar’s songs? Delve into an unseen layer, a fresh perspective that brings new dimensions and meanings to his already powerful pieces of poetry. His rare verselets will make you fall in love once again.

Aandhi
Aandhi

Author: Gulazāra

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9788188575909

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Screenplay of a popular Hindi motion picture.

Gulzar's Ijaazat
Gulzar's Ijaazat

Author: Mira Hashmi

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2019-02-25

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9353025117

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By the time Gulzar made Ijaazat (1987), action-packed potboilers had replaced the genteel romanticism of yore, leaving few takers for a film about lost love and a broken marriage. And yet, three decades later, Ijaazat is a film that has endured. Gulzar's interpretation of a love triangle in Ijaazat - an evocative exploration of the strength and fragility of human relationships - was years ahead of its time. This book examines that interpretation to show how, thematically, the film was possibly Gulzar's most daring. It highlights how his skill as a storyteller - at once romantic and realistic - is exemplified by his complex characters. Contributing to that understanding is how the film's power also derived hugely from its sublime musical score by R.D. Burman. Drawing on Gulzar's recollections of the making of the film, Mira Hashmi''s book embraces the memory of the 'love' that for the poet wasn't always the answer, but a part of the question.

The Essential Guide to Bollywood
The Essential Guide to Bollywood

Author: Subhash K. Jha

Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9788174363787

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This book picks 200 of the best Hindi films ever produced and catalogues them. Densely packed and visually appealing, the guide is written in a reader-friendly, accessible style to enable even those not familiar with Hindi to see and understand popular Bollywood films. Entries are arranged genre-wise as drama, comedy and romance, among other categories.

I Swallowed the Moon
I Swallowed the Moon

Author: Saba Mahmood Bashir

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2013-10-05

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 9351160750

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A comprehensive analysis of the work of one of India's foremost poets Gulzar is arguably the most well-known contemporary poet writing in Hindustani. As a poet he occupies a unique place being a Progressive poet in a popular culture. His poetry appeals to all strata of society, without compromising either on literary merit or on its ability to convey the most exalted thought in an accessible idiom. In 'He Swallowed the Moon', Saba Bashir attempts to analyse what makes Gulzar the poet he is. What is his signature style? What are the issues that concern his poetry and what are the recurrent images in it? She also draws a parallel between the poet's film and non-film poetry and points out how they are used interchangeably. Including the most comprehensive list of all Gulzar's poems, film and non-film songs, this is a valuable addition to the corpus of work on a great poet.

'Bad' Women of Bombay Films
'Bad' Women of Bombay Films

Author: Saswati Sengupta

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-12-06

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 3030267881

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This book presents a feminist mapping of the articulation and suppression of female desire in Hindi films, which comprise one of modern India’s most popular cultural narratives. It explores the lineament of evil and the corresponding closure of chastisement or domesticity that appear as necessary conditions for the representation of subversive female desire. The term ‘bad’ is used heuristically, and not as a moral or essential category, to examine some of the iconic disruptive women of Hindi cinema and to uncover the nexus between patriarchy and other hierarchies, such as class, caste and religion in these representations. The twenty-one essays examine the politics of female desire/s from the 1930s to the present day - both through in-depth analyses of single films and by tracing the typologies in multiple films. The essays are divided into five sections indicating the various gendered desires and rebellions that patriarchal society seeks to police, silence and domesticate.

Bollywood
Bollywood

Author: Lalit Mohan Joshi

Publisher: Lucky Dissanayake

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 0953703223

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This work provides an introduction to the enormously successful world of Bollywood - the biggest film industry on the planet. It includes a selection of writings by some of the most prominent voices in Indian film writing and criticism.