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Book by Anil Saari
"Hindi Cinema - An Insider's View"

Anil SaariOxford University Press is bringing out this Collection of Essays by the famed film critic Anil Saari. The book was launched on 15th Jan, 2009 by the noted film director Muzaffer Ali.

 

Blurb from the jacket, excerpts _

"Journalist, poet, dramatist, Anil Saari was one of the earliest
and best-known film critics in India. Saari began writing on the
nature and popularity of Hindi cinema more than thirty years
ago, much before this cinematic genre gained credibility in
academic circles......."

"Spanning the entire ambit of modern Hindi cinema, these
essays discuss issues as varied as the social consciousness
of Hindi cinema, violence in Hindi films, and the dubious
aesthetics of the latest remake of Devdas. Not only Hindi
cinema, Saari brings to bear his vast knowledge and
penetrating insights on issues of tremendous contemporary
relevance in Indian cinema as well: from political themes in
films to children's cinema, from the future of parallel cinema to
the renaissance on films produced down south...."

Indian Cinema: The Faces Behind the Masks His second book "Indian Cinema - The Faces Behind the Masks" was released on 15th March 2011, by Oxford University Press. A delight for serious cinema lovers, it is a collection of essays and candid interviews. Read a review here..

 




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