Download or read book K L Saigal written by Pran Nevile and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-05-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tribute to the first Singer-Superstar of Indian Cinema Hailed as shahenshah-e-mausiqi (emperor of music) and acclaimed as the ghazal king, K.L. Saigal became a phenomenon in his own lifetime. Idolized for his distinctive style by the first generation of Bollywood playback singers, he is now also the subject of study by several scholars. With no formal training, Saigal recorded 185 songs, including the immortal Diya jalao jagmag jagmag, Rumjhum rumjhum chaal tihari, Baag laga doon sajani and Jab dil hi toot gaya. He also acted in thirty-six feature films, including Tansen, Street Singer and Shahjehan. His popularity, however, skyrocketed with Devdas in which he played the doomed lover to perfection, a portrayal which would influence every actor playing a tragic hero thereafter. This book, interspersed with archival photographs and appended with a filmography and selected songs, provides a fascinating account of one of Hindi cinema’s greatest legends.
Download or read book K L Saigal the Pilgrim of the Swara written by Raghava R. Menon and published by Delhi : Clarion Books. This book was released on 1978 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Kundan Lal Saigal, 1904-1946, Indian singer and actor.
Download or read book K L Saigal written by Pran Nevile and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Kundan Lal Saigal, 1904-1946, singer and actor of Hindi cinema.
Download or read book The Literary Works of Ranganathan Magadi written by Ranganathan Magadi and published by Ranganathan Magadi. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twilight Zone is a collection of nine short stories,all written by the same author,Ranganathan Magadi.The stories relate to murder,love, homosexuality, AIDS, gang war, terrorism, patriotism, filial affection, marital fraud and medical negligence.The themes are very new and the mode of presentation is different.
Download or read book Hero Vol 1 written by Ashok Raj and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces the growth of the indigenous Hindi film hero from the silent era up to Dilip Kumar. The film hero is depicted as a credible representative of the social, cultural and political milieu of his era. The author contends that the development of Hindi cinema has been largely centered round the frontal figure of the hero. In the course of the narrative, the subject matter presents a compact history of mainstream Hindi cinema by placing personalities, events and trends in specific time frames.
Download or read book Bollywood s Top 20 written by Bhaichand Patel and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spectacular collection that celebrates Bollywood’s most enduring superstars Hindi cinema has wielded a hypnotic charm over viewers for close to a century, with its melodious music, colourful drama and lively plotlines. But at the heart of its mystique is the galaxy of stars who continue to mesmerize audiences. Bollywood’s Top 20 is a definitive collection of original essays, paying tribute to the biggest stars of all time—from Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Raj Kapoor, Nargis and Madhubala to Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Kareena Kapoor. Each piece offers unique insights into the struggles and triumphs, downfalls and scandals, and the inscrutable X factor of these talented actors that turned them into demigods and divas.
Download or read book Bollywood in Posters written by S. M. M. Ausaja and published by Om Books International. This book was released on 2009 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare compilation of hand-printed as well as digitalized landmark Hindi film posters from the 1930s to the present - both tracing the journey of an art form and the evolution of cinema in India. The text accompanying each poster carries a synopsis, banner, details of cast and technical crew, date of release, famous songs, awards won, and some lesser-known anecdotes about the film. The posters are from young Hindi film buff, S M M Ausaja's personal collection of posters, lobby cards, record album covers and other memorabilia.
Download or read book Naushadnama written by Raju Bharatan and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seven letters in Naushad’s name are like the seven notes of Hindustani classical music. After just a few years in films, Naushad (1919-2006) went to rule the Hindi cinema music world for around two decades, beginning with the landmark Rattan (1944). His oeuvre (from 1940 to 2005) consists of an unmatched list of jubilees, many of which are musical milestones such as Andaz (1949), Baiju Bawra (1952), Mother India (1957) and Mughal-e-Azam (1960). No individual stays supreme without putting in tremendous efforts to reach the pinnacle and to stay there as long as possible, as our maestro did. And no composer probably moved so cleverly, behind the scenes, than did Naushad to sustain his hold on the public imagination. Although we continue to marvel at the incredible variety of his mellifluous creations that have withstood the test of time, how little most of us know about Naushad the man. Renowned song historian Raju Bharatan fleshes out the real Naushad – his triumphs and tragedies – bringing into play more than 50 years of personal interaction with the tuneful titan. In the process, the author makes the book more sparking with a string of anecdotal gems. For instance: • How Naushad and his contemporaries despite their professed bonhomie, were fiercely competitive (both musically and monetarily) in their attempts to occupy the ‘top spot’. • How many days of rehearsal were needed for some of the Baiju Bawara masterpieces? • How the immortal compositions of Mughal-e-Azam were recorded in a studio no better than a tin shed. This volume also throws new light on the relations and interactions between Naushad and his singers (especially Suraiya, Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Shamshad Begum); his songwriters (mainly D.N Madhok, Shakeel Badayuni and Majrooh Sultanpuri); and his ‘unsung’ instrumentalists (some of whom were geniuses in their own right).
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Bollywood Film Actors written by Renu Saran and published by Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All humans long to be part of the tinsel world (cinema); and women desire more than men to become actresses before the camera. The presented book is a collection of all famous actresses of Bollywood who gave a new meaning to Indian cinema over the decades. You can find the names of Devika Rani Rocrich, Zubeida, Nimmi and other actresses of the yore who set the ball rolling in Mumbai. You can also find the names of Katrina Kaif, Karishma Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, the current Bollywood beauties, who are carrying forward the old legacy of Indian cinema. The details of actresses have been collected after painful research. The author, Renu Saran, has done a great job indeed! Our valued readers would be impressed by family details too. There are nearly 250 pages in this book. The total number of actresses featured in it is 179. It is a must-read for all Bollywood fans. General readers would also find it an excellent book for entertaining themselves.
Download or read book Yesterday s Melodies Today s Memories written by Manek Premchand and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-12-27 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yesterday’s Melodies Todays Memories is a rare collection of profiles of all important music-makers of the Hindi Film Industry between 1931 and 1970. It not only gives a biographical background of each music artiste, but it goes further to interview many of the surviving giants and completes the task by listing some of the best songs with which that person is associated. Here are singers that include the whole gamut from KL Saigal to Asha Bhosle, lyricists that include Sahir and Gulzar, music composers from Naushad to RD Burman, artistes that were part-time singers and full time actors like Ashok Kumar, melody queens like Noor Jahan and Lata Mangeshkar, gentlemen lyricists like Prem Dhawan and gentlemen singers like Manna Dey, mischief-makers like Kishore Kumar and rebels without pause like OP Nayyar and Majrooh Sultanpuri. In fact, this book is a house in which all these great talents live happily, each in a separate room, given space for self-expression. The serious research that has gone into this book is evident as you move from one chapter to another, opening layers after layers presented non-seriously. Over 100 music makers are presented this way and many more in a huge single chapter.
Download or read book THE INDIAN LISTENER written by All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi and published by All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi. This book was released on 1949-11-06 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service,Bombay ,started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in english, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it was published by All India Radio,New Delhi.From July 3 ,1949,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" in January 5, 1958. It was made a fortnightly again on July 1,1983. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes,who writes them,take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: The Indian Listener LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE,MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 06-11-1949 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 70 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XIV, No. 31 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS): 19-56, 58-64 ARTICLE: 1. Sarvodaya 2. Electrical Recordings 3. The Cup That Cheers 4. Humanity Abroad 5. The Coromandal Coast: Large-Scale Farming 6. Some Political Obsessions: Rearmament 7. The Chenchus Of Nallamalai Hills 8. Ceramics 9. The Population Problem In India AUTHOR: 1. Hansa Mehta 2. R. M. Marathey 3. Mr. S. K. Sinha 4. Sarah Chakko 5. D. Ananda Rao 6. S. S. Dhawan 7. Dr. A. Aiyappan 8. B. S. Sanjeeva Reddy 9. Dr. S. Chandrasekhar KEYWORDS: 1. Sarvodaya Samaj, Dignity of labour,Harijan Sevak Sangh 2. Recordings permanently preserved, Recording outside studio, All India Radio National Programme 3. Tea blending, Green tea and black tea, Central Tea Board 4. African Negro Youth, Absolom 5. Farming in the Malabar, Fuel trees like ausarina, Mechanised agriculture 6. Expenditure on armament, Need for rearmament, Excuse for rearmament 7. Chenchu hunters of Nallamalai Hills, Ferishta's History of the Deccan, Chenchus and criminality 8. Ceramics, Terra-cotta, Refractory 9. Fertility rate, Mortality rate, Low standard of living Document ID: INL-1949 (N-D) Vol-III (01)
Download or read book Let s Know Music and Musical Instruments of India written by Madhumita Dutta and published by Star Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief details about Music and musical instruments of India.
Download or read book Bollywood written by Ramesh Dawar and published by Star Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief description about 70 well known Bollywood stars with coloured pictures if their hit films
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema written by Ashish Rajadhyaksha and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest film industry in the world after Hollywood is celebrated in this updated and expanded edition of a now classic work of reference. Covering the full range of Indian film, this new revised edition of the Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema includes vastly expanded coverage of mainstream productions from the 1970s to the 1990s and, for the first time, a comprehensive name index. Illustrated throughout, there is no comparable guide to the incredible vitality and diversity of historical and contemporary Indian film.
Download or read book AKASHVANI written by All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi and published by All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi . This book was released on 1965-07-04 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Akashvani" (English) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO, it was formerly known as The Indian Listener. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them, take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in English, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio, New Delhi. From 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later, The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) w.e.f. January 5, 1958. It was made fortnightly journal again w.e.f July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE, MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 4 JULY, 1965 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 68 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XXX. No. 27 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED (PAGE NOS): 13-67 ARTICLE: 1. Nehru and The Nagas 2. Lull in Hostilities: But We Have Lost Territory to Pakistan 3. The Art of Relaxation 4. A Hard Day's Night 5. Uses of Computer AUTHOR: 1. Shri. P. Shilu AO 2. Vishnu Dutt 3. Binod Rao 4. A. D. Moddie 5. Paul Pothen KEYWORDS : 1.General superintendent, application to technology 2.Big lies of Pakistan,Wilson ’s efforts,U.S ten a city 3.A test for Johnson Document ID : APE-1965 (J-S) Vol-III-01 Prasar Bharati Archives has the copyright in all matters published in this “AKASHVANI” and other AIR journals. For reproduction previous permission is essential.
Download or read book Travels of Bollywood Cinema written by Anjali Gera Roy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Bombay (Mumbai) and other production centres on the Indian subcontinent, Indian popular cinema has travelled globally for nearly a century, culminating in the Bollywood-inspired, Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. This volume brings together perspectives on Indian popular cinema, universally known as Bollywood now, from different disciplinary and geographical locations to look afresh at national cinemas. It shows how Bollywood cinema has always crossed borders and boundaries: from the British Malaya, Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad, Mauritius, and East and South Africa to the former USSR, West Asia, the UK, the USA, Canada, and Australia. While looking at the meanings of nation, diaspora, home, and identity in cinematic texts and contexts, the essays also examine how localities are produced in the new global process by broadly addressing nationalism, regionalism, and transnationalism, politics and aesthetics, as well as spectatorship and viewing contexts.
Download or read book 50 Indian Film Classics written by M K Raghavendra and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eclectic collection of essays by the winner of the National Award Swarna Kamal for Best Film Critic 1997 With more than a thousand films produced annually in over fifteen languages India is acknowledged as the largest producer of motion pictures in the world.50 Indian Film Classics provides detailed critical accounts of the most important Indian films beginning with Prem Sanyas (1925) to Rang De Basanti (2006) in languages ranging from Bengali and Hindi to Manipuri and Malayalam and representing a whole gamut of themes: from the 1930s mythological Sant Tukaram to the politically radical Calcutta '71, from art-house favourites like Uski Roti and Mukhamukham to blockbusters like Sholay and Lagaan. These perceptive essays introduce the reader to the many moods that inform Indian cinema, the austerity of Pather Panchali, the lavishness of Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!, the solemnity of Samskara and the fun and frolic of Amar Akbar Anthony.Illustrated with rare posters and stills this is an invaluable guide to the most significant cinema India has ever produced.
