Download or read book Filmi Filmi Inspector Ghote written by H. R. F. Keating and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), is plunged into the dazzling, chaotic world of Bollywood movies when the world's most famous screen villain is murdered in this classic mystery - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan. India's most famous screen villain, Dhartiraj, lies dead on a Bollywood film set, his neck snapped by a falling stage light. There's no doubt it's murder, and Inspector Ghote of the Bombay CID, who's thrilled to be personally assigned such a high-profile case, quickly discovers that there's no shortage of suspects. The fading star who Dhartiraj toppled from his place; the superstar who stole Dhartiraj's wife, and whose mistress Dhartiraj stole in revenge; and Dhartiraj's secret-dealing stand-in - Ghote finds he could easily make a case for each of them wanting the great Dhartiraj off the boards and into permanent retirement. But his investigations are hindered not just by the film studio's intimidating owner, who is determined that nothing will stand in the way of his latest film's financial success, but by Ghote himself. For the good detective, caught up in visions of his own glittering success, finds himself desperate to solve the case in record time.

Download or read book 100 Bollywood Films written by Rachel Dwyer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bollywood film is the national cinema of India, describing movies made in Mumbai, distributed 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. Historically important films have been included along with certain cult movies and top box office successes. No guide to Hindi film would be complete without discussing: Mother India, the national epic of a peasant woman's struggle against nature and society to bring up her family; Sholay, a 'curry western' where the all-star cast sing and dance, romance and kill; Dilwale Dulhaniya le jayenge, the greatest of the diaspora films, in which two British Asians fall in love on a holiday in Europe before going to India where they show their elders how to incorporate love into family traditions; Junglee, showing how love transforms a 'savage' (junglee) who yells 'Yahoo!' before singing and dancing like Elvis, creating a new youth culture; Pyaasa, dramatically shot in black and white film with haunting songs as the romantic poet suffers for his art in the material world; Fans of Bollywood film can debate Rachel Dwyer's personal selection of these 101 titles while those new to the area will find this an invaluable introduction to the best of the genre.

Download or read book IRRFAN written by Shubhra Gupta and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2023-06-07 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eminent film critic engages Bollywood and beyond in conversation about Irrfan Khan’s art, craft, life and legacy. A spellbinding performer, Irrfan Khan was also a seeker who never stopped honing his skills, each new work a revelation, his oeuvre transformative for Hindi cinema. From his National School of Drama days to his nearly decade-long stint in television and subsequently his arrival in the movies, everyone who watched Irrfan knew they were in the presence of someone special. With his death from an incurable cancer, we lost an actor nonpareil. What is it that gave Irrfan, an ‘outsider’ to Bollywood, his distinction? What has been his contribution to cinema? How does one measure his legacy? Long-time film critic Shubhra Gupta asks these and other probing questions to members of the film fraternity who knew Irrfan, worked with him or observed him closely – Sutapa Sikdar, Shailja Kejriwal, Shyam Benegal, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Vishal Bhardwaj, Naseeruddin Shah, Mira Nair, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anup Singh, Tillotama Shome, Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, among several others. As they discuss Irrfan’s films, his craft, and his philosophy as an actor, what emerges is a deeply layered, complex and endlessly absorbing portrait of one of Indian cinema’s most influential artistes. Abuzz with a polyphony of perspectives on the actor and Hindi cinema at large, this is a rich collectible for Irrfan’s admirers and cinephiles alike.

Download or read book The Very Hungry Caterpillar written by Eric Carle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! Have you shared it with a child or grandchild in your life? For the first time, Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar is now available in e-book format, perfect for storytime anywhere. As an added bonus, it includes read-aloud audio of Eric Carle reading his classic story. This fine audio production pairs perfectly with the classic story, and it makes for a fantastic new way to encounter this famous, famished caterpillar.

Download or read book Unsuitable Boy written by Karan Johar and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karan Johar is synonymous with success, panache, quick wit, and outspokenness, which sometimes inadvertently creates controversy and makes headlines. KJo, as he is popularly called, has been a much-loved Bollywood film director, producer, actor, and discoverer of new talent. With his flagship Dharma Production, he has constantly challenged the norms, written and rewritten rules, and set trends. But who is the man behind the icon that we all know? Baring all for the first time in his autobiography, An Unsuitable Boy, KJo reminisces about his childhood, the influence of his Sindhi mother and Punjabi father, obsession with Bollywood, foray into films, friendships with Aditya Chopra, SRK and Kajol, his love life, the AIB Roast, and much more. In his trademark frank style, he talks about the ever-changing face of Indian cinema, challenges and learnings, as well as friendships and rivalries in the industry. Honest, heart-warming and insightful, An Unsuitable Boy is both the story of the life of an exceptional film-maker at the peak of his powers and of an equally extraordinary human being who shows you how to survive and succeed in life.

Download or read book Our Virtual Love Story written by Juhi GP and published by Sristhi Publishers & Distributors. This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when Cupid transcends the barriers of the virtual world and strikes the heart of two gamers? Rishabh Kulkarni and Samira Patel, also known as Kraken and Brown Swan, discover each other in the world of Battle of Arstov (BOA), a gripping mobile game. While Rishabh is based in Mumbai, Sam lives in Los Angeles. Their hearts meet, playing along, seeking solace in each other’s company and developing an authentic connection. Will their bond be limited to the gaming world? What course will their story take? Our Virtual Love Story blends the thrill of gaming with the excitement of romance as it takes you into a world full of love, faith and commitment.

Download or read book Few Selected Stories written by HIRANYA BORAH and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2023-02-08 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compilation of 35 English short stories written in the last one decade. Most of the stories have already been published in different ebooks, books and periodicals. The stories are mostly fictional, but very close to reality of our day-to-day life. Many of the stories have romantic background and most of those are basically based on failed love. However, some of the stories are based on contemporary social ethos

Download or read book Unspoken written by Sharmistha Gooptu and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The summer of 2024. Sixty-four-year-old Mrs G starts to reminisce about her love affair with a man she calls ‘A’. To Aisha, her daughter, ‘A’ appears to be a figment of her mother’s dementia-afflicted mind. ‘Miu, there was no A. You were happily married to Boy,’ an exasperated Aisha tells her mother. Even as it starts to seem that her mother had, for years, lived a whole other life. A life peopled by those who had together played out the obsession of love, morbid jealousy, hurt, harm and finally death. ‘Shree’s death,’ her mother whispers to Aisha. But how could it be? Her father had been so deeply in love with her mother and theirs was almost the perfect marriage. Who were these people that her mother now spoke about at odd hours? And the death that seemed to weigh so deeply on her mind… a death that leads Aisha to the holy city of Varanasi where people go to die.

Download or read book Reading for Water written by Isabel Hofmeyr and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An experiment in reading for water, this book offers students and teachers a toolkit of methods that follow the sensory, political and agentive power of water across literary texts. The chapters in this book follow rivers, rain, streams, tunnels and sewers; connect atmospheric, surface and ground water; describe competing hydrological traditions and hydro-epistemologies. They propose new literary regions defined less by nation and area than by coastlines, river basins, monsoons, currents and hydro-cosmologies. Whether thinking along water courses, below the water line, or through the fall of precipitation, Reading for Water moves laterally, vertically and contrapuntally between different water-worlds and hydro-imaginaries. Addressing southern African and Caribbean texts, the collection draws on a range of elementally inclined literary approaches: critical oceanic studies, new materialisms, coastal and hydrocritical approaches, hydrocolonialism, black hydropoetics and atmospheric methods. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Interventions.

Download or read book I Me Myself written by Sanjay Gupta and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam was an excellent singer but could not face the crowd. He went quiet on the mic on the stage. Everything went blank in front of his eyes. Vinod gave successful private tuitions for the tenth grade. But once, when two of his students failed, he took it to his heart and went into depression. Mr. Chadha, a senior sales manager, could not succeed in getting results from his team. What was wrong with his leadership qualities? Want to know the winning strategies? “The book I Me Myself is a good read and helpful to management students and corporate professionals alike. It has nicely narrated personality development, human behaviour and decision making by giving practical examples.” - Ravindra Kumar, President, SIMT, Kashipur “I Me Myself – a book authored by Shri Sanjay Gupta on Personality Development – describes various facts of personality and is based on empirical experiences. I appreciate the effort put in, and this book will prove its worth when it is studied and understood seriously. Best wishes.” - Dr. Mamchandra Sharma, Principal and Professor Govt. PG College, Jaiharikhal, Uttarakhand “This edition tells nice and professional ways to build overall personality of a student. Will definitely recommend our students to read this book.” - Kunal Madan, Director, RCHMCT, Nainital, Uttarakhand

Download or read book A Place for Our Gods written by Malory Nye and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of some 150 Hindu families (and about 1000 persons) living in Edinburgh, and particularly about the fact that two associations exist among them, one of which is based on activities at a temple.

Download or read book Splattered Ink written by and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Splattered Ink- The murky world of journalism gives you an insiders view of journalism like you have never seen before. It blows the lid on the violence, pressures, corruption and moral dilemma a journalist faces on a daily basis while trying to do his job. It takes you on rollercoaster ride through corrupt politicians, stage-managed encounter killing and brutal underworld dons. In a time where closest friends become dangerous enemies both in the police as well as underworld, Raj choses journalism as a career, a choice that he would have to pay with his life. Raj Nair was an ordinary bloke with big dreams. All he wanted was to follow his dreams, be honest to his profession and do what he was best at, exposing the dark underbelly of society with his pen. He was not to know that, with every word he wrote, he was a step closer to a violent death. Rajs friends were from civil society as well as the underworld. He was warned constantly that the criminals he knew could spell trouble for him but it was the moral torchbearers of society that would plot his death. The bullets may have been shot from a gun owned by the underworld. But it was not the underworld that killed him. The plot was far more sinister. His stories attracted many enemies. Politicians, businessmen, even colleagues. And as fate would have it, even the heavenly stars conspired against him and brought all these enemies under one roof. Every story, whether it was on the sordid life of film stars, cricket betting or stock market insider trading was an extra nail in his coffin

Download or read book The Masala Murder written by Madhumita Bhattacharyya and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reema Ray, private investigator and food writer. She didn't set out to become Calcutta's expert in infidelity cases, but that is where her detective agency has taken her. When the deceit gets too much, she finds a welcome distraction and a means to pay the bills by becoming a food critic for a magazine. And since she once dreamed of becoming a pastry chef, she doesn't mind much, does she? But what really turns her on is solving a juicy mystery. Her worlds collide when a gourmet provisions supplier she had once profiled ends up dead under suspicious circumstances. She might be rusty, but her food-obscured nose can still sniff out a murder, and she decides to launch her own investigation. Then her ex-boyfriend shows up at her doorstep when he finds himself being treated as prime suspect in the kidnapping of his own wife! Suddenly, Reema is handling not one but two cases. With no access to official evidence, she relies on the meddling group of do-gooders she has dubbed the Calcutta Crime-Fighter's Club. If all this wasn't trouble enough, the alluring Shayak Gupta turns up around every corner, and while she can't seem to resist him, she doesn't believe a word he says either. This first Reema Ray mystery follows a comical ride through Calcutta as Reema comes to terms with her feelings about the men in her life while whipping up delicious meals and being beset by criminals and the police alike!

Download or read book In Search Of Her written by Deesha Sangani and published by Sristhi Publishers & Distributors. This book was released on 2022-09-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mother who would stop at nothing for her child, is a dangerous woman to mess with. Avanni’s life changes dramatically when she loses her child due to an accident. But she knows it was murder, and the culprit is out there, roaming freely. Her suspicion is proven true when she witnesses a series of unusual events – a suspicious email, a mysterious stalker, and the cries of a child which seems to be following her everywhere. She decides to embark upon the journey to find the killer. Will she be successful in her mission to uncover the truth? Or will she be caught in a web of lies which will change the course of her fate? IN SEARCH OF HER is a riveting tale of a brave woman who will stop at nothing in her fight for truth and justice. Filled with unexpected twists and turns, it will keep you hooked till the end.

Download or read book The Dum Dum Bullet written by Goyal and published by Popular Prakashan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Falling Grace written by Kunwar Nitin and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2016-05-27 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When life delivers an unkind blow… Falling Grace is a romantic drama and thriller that describes the rollercoaster ride of love, lust and life. It is the story of a woman whose grace experiences a steep fall that she least expected. Outraged by a monster she had nurtured and cared for, she is at her lowest ebb in life—with a trampled dignity and a wounded soul. In a stranger, she finds the awakening she has been searching for. As she bares her heart to him, she emerges with a clear conscience, her dignity restored and soul salvaged. The deep, dark secret of the past is no longer a clinging burden on her mind. This sensational love-hate story will take you into depths hitherto unfathomed, leaving you shocked and gasping for breath. "

Download or read book The Cocktail Of Love written by Dhruv Maloo and published by Sristhi Publishers & Distributors. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have been best friends, does love ever stand a chance? SAMAR - A passionate cartoonist and a hopeless romantic, he thinks mostly from the heart. He falls in love with his best friend Ashna, believing her to be his soul mate. ASHNA - She is a budding architect chasing her dreams, living life as it comes, and looking for her Mr Perfect. Being the practical one, she doesn’t want to complicate her precious friendship with Samar. When Samar confesses his feelings to Ashna, she is perplexed. And the emotional chaos and career challenges only make their lives messier. When it boils down to choosing between friendship and their cherished notions of love, what will they go with? The Cocktail of Love is an electrifying mix of dreams, confusion, commitment and the many shades of love.