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Book Review

Shailendra A Love Lyric in Print
Mera Naam Raaju, Gharana Anaam

Excerpted with permission from Shailendra — A Love Lyric in Print: A Daughter Remembers by Amla Shailendra Mazumdar, published by Antara Infomedia Pvt Ltd in January 2024.

Mera Naam Raaju, Gharana Anaam
Mera Naam Raaju, Gharana Anaam
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Early Films, and Raj Kapoor’s Best—with Nargis
Early Films, and Raj Kapoor’s Best—with Nargis
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Welcomed with Arrows
Welcomed with Arrows
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Director’s Chair, 'Sui Generis': A Book in a Class of Its Own
Director’s Chair, ‘Sui Generis’: A Book in a Class of Its Own
...
Book Review: Amitabh Bachchan as the Other
Book Review: Amitabh Bachchan as the Other
In her latest book...
Through the Lens, Brightly: Women in Cinema, Women at Work
Through the Lens, Brightly: Women in Cinema, Women at Work
Through...
Why Stories Work: Indepth Analysis and Insights into the Extraordinary Power of Stories
Why Stories Work: Indepth Analysis and Insights into the Extraordinary Power of Stories
Why...
Rituparno Ghosh: On/And Film — Book Review
Rituparno Ghosh: On/And Film — Book Review
There is much food for thought...
Yeh Un Dinoñ Ki Baat Hai - In Conversation with Yasir Abbasi
Yeh Un Dinoñ Ki Baat Hai – In Conversation with Yasir Abbasi
Yeh...
Tathyachitra: Itihas, Tattwa O Bishleshan - A Review
Tathyachitra: Itihas, Tattwa O Bishleshan – A Review
Subha Das...
ArunaRaje: Song of Freedom
ArunaRaje: Song of Freedom
Films Through Women's...
Jyotiprasad, Joymoti, Indramalati and Beyond: History of Assamese Cinema: Parthajit Baruah’s New Book
Jyotiprasad, Joymoti, Indramalati and Beyond: History of Assamese Cinema: Parthajit Baruah’s New Book
Parthajit...
Tapan Sinha and the Triumvirate of Bengali Cinema
Tapan Sinha and the Triumvirate of Bengali Cinema
Amitava Nag’s...
Murmurs: Silent Steals with Soumitra Chatterjee - Two Reviews
Murmurs: Silent Steals with Soumitra Chatterjee – Two Reviews
Murmurs...
Woman at the Window
Woman at the Window
The Material Universe of Rabindranath...
Bimal Roy and Ashok Kumar on the sets of Parineeta
Bimal Roy: The Man Who Spoke in Pictures
Bimal Roy: The...
Guide, The Film: Perspectives - A Very Well-Crafted Treasure of a Book
Guide, The Film: Perspectives – A Very Well-Crafted Treasure of a Book
A...
For the Connoisseur and the Dilettante: Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman
For the Connoisseur and the Dilettante: Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman
Renowned...
The Filmic Journey of Mrinal Sen
The Filmic Journey of Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen is one of the...
‘Tapan Sinha Deserved More’
‘Tapan Sinha Deserved More’
Abesh Das has written a Bengali book on Tapan...
The cover of The Pather Panchali Sketchbook, Harper Collins India, 2016
The Pather Panchali Sketchbook – An Intricately Delicate Entry into a Master’s Creative Mind
This was no traditional screenplay....
Soumitra Chattopadhyay in Benarasi, produced by Ruma Guha Thakurta, directed by Arup Guha Thakurta.
Book Review: Beyond Apu Brings Out the Versatility of Soumitra Chatterjee
The...
Front cover of the book
Bimal Roy’s Madhumati – Untold Stories from Behind the Scenes
Bimal...
Smita Patil A Brief Incandescence
The Incandescence of Smita Patil
Smita Patil, the book, is a detailed...
Silhouette Invites Book Reviews and Books for Review
Silhouette Invites Book Reviews and Books for Review
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Sahir Ludhianvi: The People’s Poet
Sahir Ludhianvi: The People’s Poet
Sahir Ludhianvi is probably the...


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