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100 BOLLYWOOD FILMS (pb)

by Dwyer, Rachel

The book is about the national cinema of India, describing movies made in Mumbai, distrubuted nationally across India and with their own production, distribution and exhibition networks worldwide. This informative screen guide reflects the work of key directors, major stars and important music directors and screenplay writers. historicall important films have been included alongwith certain cult movies and top box office successes

Year: 2005

Price: Rs.295

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100 Lyrics: (Hindi-English) (HB)

by Gulzar

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Language: english

Year: 2009

Price: Rs.499

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100 STARS OF INDIAN CINEMA: MILLENIUM STARS (pb)

by Raheja, Dinesh & Kothari, Jitendra

This is a unique compendium of biographical profiles of the world's most significant actors, film makers, music directors, playback singers and writers

Price: Rs.395

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101 GREAT INDIAN BOLLYWOOD PERSONALITIES

by Dua, Shyam

101 Great Indian Bollywood Personalities showcases some of the most creative and artistic people of Bollywood.

Year: 2004

Price: Rs.110

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2000: REFLECTIONS ON THE ARTS IN INDIA

by Pal, Pratapaditya (ed)

In this volume, more than a dozen scholars and practitioners- each an expert in his or her field- assess the current state of art in India and look back on the century of changes with enormous shifts in cross-cultural and cross-media influences, and movements for both modernization and revival of traditions

Year: 2000

Price: Rs.2250

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3 Idiots: the original screenplay (pb)

by Hirani, Rajkumar

Two friends embark on a quest for their lost buddy. On this journey, they encounter a long-forgotten bet, a wedding they must gate-crash and a funeral that goes impossibly out of control. As they make their way through the perilous landscape, another journey begins - their inner journey through memory lane and the story of their friend: the irrepressible free-thinker Rancho who in his unique way, touched and changed their lives. And then one day, suddenly, Rancho vanishes . Who was he? Where did he come from? Why did he leave?... Finally, in the misty mountains of unparalleled beauty, the friends find the key to the secret. 3 Idiots is a comedy of ideas as provocative as it is funny, as wildly entertaining as it is insightful - a laugh riot that talks about the most important of human pursuits: self-actualisation. It is a beautiful paradox that 3 Idiots, a film with an utterly modern and youthful sensibility, evoked at its release a bygone era, when cinema tickets were hard to obtain for weeks - a phenomenon unheard of in the era of multiplexes, digital piracy and cable television. The film proved to be an irresistible magnet around the world: in small towns, the lines for its tickets created traffic jams. In metros, theatre owners had to start a separate queue for the tickets of all other films, so their patrons would not have to endure hours of wait. In faraway Michigan, a cinema manager was compelled to request some 300 enthusiasts to vacate the cinema, finding them so stirred by 3 Idiots that they were partying and dancing in the foyer long after the film was over. However, the film\'s real and abiding achievement is not in its popularity, but in its power to provoke. Millions of young people of India have found heart from the film\'s rousing call: follow your aptitude, work hard in your favoured field for excellence, and success will follow. It has obliged parents who impel their young in life\'s rat race ruthlessly to reflect upon their vision and action. Within a short span since its release, the film has induced so many changes of hearts and career paths that India\'s youth of the second decade of the 21st century is rightly being labelled as the 3 Idiots-generation. 3 Idiots: The Original Screenplay takes you right to the heart of the matter through rare interviews, exclusive behind- the- scenes photographs and insightful first-person accounts. The book unveils the journey of the personal philosophy of its makers, compelling a nation to think

Language: english

Year: 2010

Price: Rs.495

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500 Heroes and heroines of Bollywood (HB)

by Ahmed, Shahab (ed)

Bollywood- a dream factory that is loved, adored, hated, rejected and adulated at the same time. Bollywood, a coinage that recieved wide acceptance for Hindi Cinema, is the jewel in the crown of Indian Cinema- considered the largest producer of feature films in the world, with over 69000 feature films produced in 30 languages since Raja Harishchandra (1913)
The entertainment industry resolves round the film industry and is booming as never before. Music, Radio, Satellite and Cable channels, Terresttrial Channels, DTH, Internet, Multiplexes- are all mushrooming and exploding.

It\\'s time to remember the pioneers of the industry, its Heroes and Heroines, artistes, Singers, Music Makers, Directors and Producers who have made Bollywood what it is.

The book presents a visual voyage from the earliest Black and White days to the beginning of colour and the present days of high tech films

Language: english

Price: Rs.1000

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80 GLORIOUS YEARS OF INDIAN CINEMA

by Ojha, Rajendra

Year: 1994

Price: Rs.1500.0

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The 9 emotions of Indian cinema hoardings

by Geetha, V; Rao, Sirish etc.

According to Natyashastra, the 2nd century Indian text on aesthetics, there is a spectrum of nine emotions that the superior work of art should evoke and represent. This book picks up each of these emotions, and explodes them into a startling visual context: Indian cinema billboards, or hoardings, as they are popularly known.

Year: 2007

Price: Rs.1200

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A.R. Rahman: the musical storm (HB)

by Mathai, Kamini

Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman has become an international celebrity: they’re calling him ‘the Mozart of the East’. In India, however, Rahman has been an iconic superstar for seventeen long years, ever since his first film Roja. Over the past two decades, he has produced unforgettable music for movies like Kadhalan, Bombay, Rangeela, Dil Se, Taal, Alaipayuthey, Zubeidaa, Lagaan, Rang De Basanti and Jodhaa Akbar, to name only a few, in addition to the stage musical Bombay Dreams and his acclaimed non-film album Vande Mataram.claim to know the man behind the music. Rahman shies away from the public eye. He is fiercely protective of his privacy, and prefers to be known only through his music. ‘discovery’ by Mani Ratnam and his subsequent ascent to fame; his abiding popularity in the new millennium and his constant endeavour to break new ground. It also takes us straight into Rahman’s inimitable world: the composing and recording sessions that run through the night; his compulsive need to ‘get it right’, which can cause directors to wait months for a song; his continuing fascination with electronic equipment; his relationship with his mother, his inspiration; and above all his religiosity, which is at the root of his being and his music.

His name is legend, but what is A.R. Rahman all about? Very few can

For the very first time, this book tells A.R. Rahman’s incredible story: the tragic death of his father R.K. Sekhar, a talented music arranger, when Rahman—then Dileep—was nine; Dileep’s desperate efforts as a teenager to keep the family afloat by playing sessions, missing school; his reasons for embracing Islam and turning to Sufism; his
With his Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA wins for

Language: english

Year: 2009

Price: Rs.499

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AAMIR KHAN: ACTOR WITH A DIFFERENCE

by Khubchandani, Lata

This is a biography of Aaamir Khan

Year: 2003

Price: Rs.195

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AB THE LEGEND- A PHOTOGRAPHIC TRIBUTE

by Chandra, Pradeep

Angry young man. BIg B. Superstar. Icon. The epithets are many for Amitabh Bachchan- the man who has captured and held the imagination of Indians for several decades now. And yet, what could be more appropriate, more fitting for who he is and what he is than `Legend'. Bachchan was the undisputed king of Bollywood for years- at one point of time, eight of his films were celebrating their silver jubilees simultaneously. then came his fall from grace in early nineties. But Bachchan found his way back soon enough. Today, he is back to where he was, and more. He had five hits in 2005, is the host of hugely successful game show, and is one of the most sought after brand ambassadors in india.;AB: THE LEGEND is Pradeep Chandra's tribute to the actor and the man. Chandra follows Bachchan's career, giving us rare glimpse of him as a student, actor, family man, businessman and politician through interesting anecdotes and incidents.

Year: 2006

Price: Rs.995

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ABBA...GOD'S GREATEST GIFT TO US

by Bangash, Amaan Ali & Ayaan Ali

The book is a reflection of the Bangash family in tradition and in transition. Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan ali Bangash - the two sons of the Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, and promising players themselves, look at their father's life with deference, hunility and great love

Year: 2002

Price: Rs.495

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ABC OF MUSIC

by Nizami, Firoze

presents some of the most memorable parliamentary speeches delivered by the India Parliamentarians during the last 50 years- 1947-97

Year: 1991

Price: Rs.130

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ABHINAYA-CANDRIKA AND ODISSI DANCE

by Das, Maya (ed)

The book presents presents `Abhinaya Candrika' only Orissan text found exclusively devoted to Odissi Dance. In this work contemporary Odissi dance is compared with the text. For the first time this text sees the light of the day in its fully edited form. Odissi dance had crossed international borders since mid fifties, this key book though refereed by the exponents in all the practical applications, it was not available as a handbook to the dancers. The book attempts to explore, unveil and define the theories, terms and their contexts through the text `Abhinaya Candrika' and the practising form as it is seen today

Year: 2001

Price: Rs.1500

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The ABSENCE TRILOGY (pb)

by Sen, Mrinal

Mrinal Sen's films- Ekdin Pratidin, Kharij and Ekdin Achanak, considered amongst his best works, are sensitive portrayals of the middle class psyche.;The book contains shot by shot reconstructions-post-production filmscripts- of all the above three films, as well as a comprehensive introductory essay which reads them from the point of view of `absence' and its impact on the present and the future of the people involved

Year: 1999

Price: Rs.295

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ACOUSTICAL PERSPECTIVE ON RAGA-RASA THEORY

by Rao, Suvarnlata

The book examines rasa as related to Indian music, specially the raga.A new approach has been made for understanding the complex issue of raga-rasa relation, wherein theories and tools of modern scientific technology have been employed.This may perhaps be the first work in recent times to examine the aspects of intonation and melodic movement in the actual performance context, using very sensitive computer software

Year: 2000

Price: Rs.300

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The ACT OF LIFE

by Puri, Amrish

The book captures poignant moments in the life of Amrish Puri- a terrific performer with the class act of a chameleon, who depicted an era that encountered the most challenging facet of blending art and commerce, seeking triumph over the paradox of playing the negative and positive, to create cinematic history

Year: 2006

Price: Rs.595

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ADHE ADHURE: A PLAY IN TWO ACTS (pb)

by Rakesh, Mohan

Year: 1993

Price: Rs.50

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Adoor Gopalakrishnan: a life in cinema (HB)

by Bhaskaran, Gautaman

A couple living in defiance of society, trying to make ends meet; a rootless, rustic simpleton unaware of his responsibilities; a selfish, middle-aged man clinging to old feudal ways; an ex-revolutionary wasting himself, sleeping and eating and drinking, much to the disgust of his old comrades; a writer who finds the true meaning of love and freedom in prison; and a prostitute discovering love only to be separated from her lover by the guardians of society.

Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s characters are drawn from real people, real lives. His cinema manages to frame details that often escape our everyday glance, turning the mundane into the magical, the commonplace into the startling. Yet, very little is known about the auteur.

In Adoor Gopalakrishnan: A Life in Cinema, the first authorized biography of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner, Gautaman Bhaskaran traces the ebbs and flows of the life of this enigmatic director. From his birth during the Quit India Movement to his lonely childhood at his uncles’ house; from life at Gandhigram, where Adoor studied rural development, to his days and nights at the Pune Film Institute; and from his first film, Swayamvaram, to his latest, Oru Pennum Rantaanum, Bhaskaran’s lucid narrative tracks the twists and turns of Gopalakrishnan’s life, finding an uncommon man and a rare auteur.

Language: english

Year: 2010

Price: Rs.599

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Ae mohabbat- Reminiscing Begum Akhtar (HB)

by Ganguly, Rita

g dusk of the fading royalties of Awadh, where Bibbi was born in 1914, to the glamour and clamour of theatre in Calcutta and films in Bombay! From the eloquent exuberance and die-hard faith underlying the tormented childhood of Akhtari Bai Faizabadi to the rhythms of silence required of the doing Begum of a kakori Nawab! And her final transformation to an icon of music! Begum Akhtar remains an engima! No one can answer all those curious posers raised over several decades with as much authority as her cherished disciple. Prof. Rita Ganguly, who lends a unique perspective on the much fabled life of her ustad. With a passion so varied, given the consistent evolution of Begum\'s craft and technique, nothing short of lifetime reaseach could have authenticated and done justice to unravel the mystique and myth of this legendary phenomenon in the indian subcontinent, feted by the cognoscenti and the commoner alike.;The book delves in the subtle nuances of transition in time, educing the flavour, language, and music of a period that witnessed the end of a predominantly feudal society; weaving the cultural tapestry of courts, courtesans, twaifs, and the turbulent times that led to independence

Year: 2008

Price: Rs.695

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AESTHETICS OF AGRA AND JAIPUR TRADITIONS

by Haldankar, Shrikrishna

The book is a translation of an original work written in Marathi. The author, with his deep knowledge and insight of Agra and Jaipur gayakis which is the first in the history of critical writings on music. He touches upon various topics like raga swarupa, layatatva (the rhythm principle), layakari, bandish, sargam with reference to singing, the importance of words in music and the importance of literature.;;The book is a thoughtful and indepth study of the two gharanas from an aesthetic standpoint and examines not just the positive aspects but also the negative aspects of gharanas

Year: 2001

Price: Rs.250

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AESTHETICS OF KATHAK DANCE

by Saxena, Sushil Kumar

This is a pioneering study of classical Indian dance in the way of contemporary philosophical aesthetics. Concentrating on Kathak, it seeks to determine the nature of such set numbers as thata, amad, tatkar, as also to illumine our experience of watching a good kathak recital.

Year: 2006

Price: Rs.475

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An ALIEN IN BOLLYWOOD: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY (pb)

by Sood, B.S & Karanjia, B.K

the book contains the autobiographical saga of an alien in Bollywood- the husband of the renowned Kamini Kaushal

Year: 2000

Price: Rs.250

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ALONG THE PATH OF MUSIC

by Atrre, Prabha

Year: 2005

Price: Rs.400

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ALWAYS BEING BORN

by Sen, Mrinal

This buoyant social commentator has continued to confront, fight and survive as a film maker , on those very pressures that propelled him to to look beyond the dream - a dream that drew a very fine line between fantasy and reality -a discerning distinction between fact and fiction.

Year: 2004

Price: Rs.395

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AMITABH BACHCHAN: THE LEGEND (pb)

by Somaaya, Bhawana

the book captures the roller-coaster ride of Amitabh Bachchan, the superstar through incisive, introspective interviews

Year: 2006

Price: Rs.425

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AMITABH- THE MAKING OF A SUPERSTAR (pb)

by Dasgupta, Sushmita

This is a remarkable insight into the films and times of Amitabh Bachchan, India's greatest star-actor

Year: 2006

Price: Rs.250

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AMONG CONTEMPORARY MUSICIANS

by Misra, Susheela

The author, being a part of that senior rasikas who heard the great musical giants of the era, namely Ustads Allauddin Khan, afiz Ali Khan, Faiyaz Khan, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Mushtaq Khan, Pandits Omkarnath Thakur, Dr. Ratanjankar, Vinayakrao Patwardhan, Narayanrao Vyas, Krishnarao Pandit as well as great women artistes like Kesarbai Kerkar, Hirabai Barodekar, Gangubai Hangal, Siddheshwari Devi, Rasoolan Bai and many other upto numerous celebrities and prodigies of the present time, had the rare good fortune of coming into close contact with most of them because of her being the compere and interviewer of numerous leading musicians for All India Radia, Doordarshan, and various other newspapers and journals. On the basis of information directly collected from them and various other sources, she confined the profiles of these musical giants to give them the shape of the present book

Year: 2001

Price: Rs.1400

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