This biography traces the life and works of a remarkable director and actor. During his brief thirteen year career, Guru Dutt replaced the repetitive ingredients of formulaic Hindi cinema with an individual and lyrical vision, playing his screen characters with a sensitivity and compassion that endowed them with a rare depth. Nasreen Munni Kabir traces the life of this unusual man through accounts of his films and a series of interviews with his family, colleagues, and friends.

Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema

Nasreen Munni Kabir

Kabir, Nasreen Munni

Biographies & Memoirs

Oxford University Press

This book traces the life and works of the remarkable director and actor, Guru Dutt, who succeeded in introducing to Indian cinema an individual and lyrical vision. This book is lavishly illustrated with beautiful black and photographs illustrating his life and film career.

Arts & Literature

One of the great thinkers of Indian cinema, Javed Akhtar needs no introduction. As a screenplay writer, he and Salim Khan wrote the dialogue for blockbusters like Zanjeer, Deewar, and Sholay; as a songwriter, he has composed a huge variety of songs including, 'Yeh kahaan aa gaye hum', 'Kuchh na kaho', and 'Kal ha na ho'. Talking Films and Songs showcases both these aspects of Javed Akhtar's versatile genius, through freewheeling conversations with Nasreen Munni Kabir. Originally published in 1999 (Talking Films) and 2005 (Talking Songs), these extremely popular books have delighted readers, researchers, and scholars of Indian film. Full of wit and wisdom, this edition is a must-read for Hindi cinema enthusiasts.

Talking Films and Songs: Javed Akhtar in conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Bollywood Dreams

In Bollywood Dreams photographer Jonathan Torgovnik explores the beloved pastime of an Indian population of over 1 billion. As the largest film producer in the world with more than 800 films made each year, the Indian movie industry is a cultural phenomenon.

Arts & Photography

Torgovnik, Jonathan

Individual Artists

Phaidon Press

Bollywood is the ultimate guide to the biggest film industry on the planet. As international successes like Dil Se and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam raise the profile of Indian cinema everywhere, Nasreen Munni Kabir takes you inside the colourful world of Bollywood - the romance, the adventure, the heroes and heroines, vamps and villains, songs and dances, stunts and costumes, mythology and traditions that make up this unique branch of film-making. From popular contemporary love story Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to critically acclaimed drama Mother India, mythological epic Raja Harischandra and action movie Sholay, Bollywood looks at the people behind the movies, featuring exclusive interviews with dozens of actors, directors, writers, composers, designers and crew members.

Bollywood: The Indian Cinema Story

MACMILLAN PUB. LTD.

When composer A.R. Rahman's first film Roja was released in 1992, his astonishing music with its other-worldly melodies, tonal texture and pulsating rhythms made an instant impact the world over. His abundantly flowing talent has given life to the scores of over a hundred films, including Dil Se, Bombay, Lagaan, 127 Hours, Rockstar and Lion. According to a recent estimate by the BBC, 150 million copies of his albums have sold worldwide. A.R. Rahman has won a host of awards, together with a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, two Oscars and two Grammys for his score in Slumdog Millionaire. In 2010, he received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour, awarded by the Government of India. Despite all his great success, Rahman remains a deeply private person, shying away from the glitz and glamour of show business. A.R. Rahman, The Spirit of Music is in the form of biographical conversations between the composer and Nasreen Munni Kabir, starting in 2011 to 2017. We hear of Rahman's amazing journey from modest beginnings to an assured place in world music history.

A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music

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Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema

Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema

Talking Films and Songs: Javed Akhtar in conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir

Bollywood Dreams

Bollywood: The Indian Cinema Story

A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music