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Index
Cover
Brand Page
Title page
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: THE STARS
FROM THIS DAY FORTH CALL ME ‘HUNTERWALI’ Dorothee Wenner
THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY Susmita Dasgupta
SHAH RUKH KHAN: A GLOBAL ICON Anupama Chopra
MEENA KUMARI AND CHHOTI BAHU Vinod Mehta
DARA SINGH: THE UNDISPUTED CHAMPION Vir Sanghvi
THE SHOWMAN IN LOVE Madhu Jain
THE MAN FROM KHANDWA Pritish Nandy vi CONTENTS
Part 2: THE FILMS AND THE FILM-MAKERS
THE FALL AND RISE OF SHOLAY Anupama Chopra URDU, AWADH AND THE TAWAIF:
THE ISLAMICATE ROOTS OF HINDI CINEMA Mukul Kesavan
TWO VIEWS OF GUIDE Dev Anand R.K. Narayan
THE MAN WHO WROTE WITH TEARS Kidar Sharma
THE FOUNDING OF YASH RAJ FILMS Rachel Dwyer
COOLIE Connie Haham
THE STRUGGLER AND THE GODDESS Suketu Mehta
Part 3: THE MUSIC AND THE MUSIC-MAKERS
THE FEMALE VOICE IN HINDUSTANI FILM SONGS Ashraf Aziz
THE CURE OF ALL THE SORROWS OF THE WORLD Jerry Pinto
BECOMING A PLAYBACK SINGER Manna Dey
A.R. RAHMAN: BREAKING THE RULES Kamini Mathai
FATHER, SON, A SUPERSTAR AND A SONG Khagesh Dev Burman
REMEMBERING ANTHONY GONSALVES Naresh Fernandes
Part 4: THE GOSSIP
SITARA: DANCING TIGRESS FROM NEPAL Saadat Hasan Manto
CAT HOUSE NATTER Shobhaa Dé
MARRYING HEMA Ram Kamal Mukherjee
JAIRAJ... AND HIS THREE KISSES Bunny Reuben
TWO LOVES OF DILIP KUMAR Bunny Reuben
Part 5: RINGSIDE VIEWS
A FORGOTTEN AFFAIR Dada Kondke with Anitaa Padhye
SEX IN INDIAN CINEMA B.D. Garga
BALRAJ IN BOMBAY Bhisham Sahni viii CONTENTS
MY FIFTEEN MINUTES WITH THE FILMWALAS Khushwant Singh
BOMBAY’S GIANT POSTERS Adil Jussawalla
YOU CAN’T PLEASE EVERYONE Kobita Sarkar
TALKING FILMS Nasreen Munni Kabir
Part 6: THE FICTION
A VERY STRANGE MAN Ismat Chughtai
THE FREE RADIO Salman Rushdie
THE EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY Khwaja Ahmed Abbas
DREAM QUEEN Bhupen Khakhar
AASHA RANI BECOMES A STAR Shobhaa Dé
Notes on Contributors
Copyright Acknowledgements
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