Indian Film Personalities

Yeh Un Dinoñ Ki Baat Hai: Urdu Memoirs of Cinema Legends, selected and translated by Yasir Abbasi and published by Bloomsbury India, brings together an eclectic collection of memoirs written by renowned writers and cine artists and published in Urdu magazines of yore, many of which are now defunct. Silhouette Magazine Consulting Editor Antara Nanda Mondal quizzed Yasir Abbasi about his interest in Urdu that eventually led him to take up the mammoth task of searching, collecting, archiving, collating and translating the nearly lost literature and life sketches of cine luminaries.