Nagme Kisse Baatein Yaadein: The Life: The Life & Lyrics of Anand Bakshi & Basu Chatterji And Middle-of-the-Road Ci: And Middle-of-the-Road Cinema (Set of 2 books)

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.A behind-the scenes look at Basu Chatterji's most loved films. This is the enigma of Basu Chatterji. His films did not have the box-office ingredients that could make them a distributor's hot pick nor were they art house cinema that needed unravelling over many cups of tea. He was the quintessential 'middle-of-the-road' film-maker a genre that he founded in Bollywood. His films whether it be Chhoti Si Baat or Rajnigandha or Chitchor were about common people and common problems such as employment and love social and economic inequalities and joint family conflicts. Like fellow cartoonist R.K. Laxman who created the 'common man' Chatterji too was an auteur of the common man whose journey he portrayed with charm delicate warmth and humour.. As a person Basu was much like his common man mild unobtrusive and media-shy. He preferred not to scout for stars and mostly made his films with rookies giving them respectability as artists. And today names like Amol Palekar Vidya Sinha Pearl Padamsee Zarina Wahab Nandita Thakur Girish Karnad Rakesh Pandey Bindiya Goswami and Ranjit Chowdhry have become central to the history of Indian cinema thanks to Basu.. Basu Chatterji And Middle-of-the-Road Cinema anecdotal in nature goes behind the scenes of his films. It places Basu's cinema and television work in the context of the changing times like the emergence of Rajesh Khanna Kishore Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan the Emergency the return of Sarat Chandra's stories the introduction of disco and the decadent phase of Hindi cinema in the 1980s. The book celebrates the work of one of the most underrated yet successful film-makers in Hindi cinema.An intimate peek into the life of the soldier-turned-lyricist Anand Bakshi from his formative years in undivided Punjab to eventually moving to Bombay and landing his first filmBhala Aadmi in 1958. Along the way he lost his mother his place of birth and his home and wealth but his zeal to stand up and walk after every stumble and his desire to become a film artist never abated. He eventually rose to become one of the most revered and sought-after lyricists in Hindi cinema writing nearly 3300 songs in about 630 films over the next five decades. Written by his son this is an inspiring story of faith dreams success and above all human values. Review But as the writer says it would require more than one volume to cover the entire span of his father's work. For his admirers however this book strikes a fine balance between Anand Bakshi the person and Anand Bakshi the lyricist. -- The HinduPerhaps therein lies his legacy. Our truest emotions are the ones we share with others. For most of us this truth is a dim reality further inwards than we can see. Not for Bakshi. He took our inmost fears desires and longings and presented them back to us. He gave us the gift of self. -- The WeekThe 'life and lyrics' of Anand Bakshi were often correlated. It seemed as if the songs themselves narrated his life story along with that of thousands of his listeners. -- First Post About the Author Rakesh Anand Bakshi is a scriptwriter and the author ofDirectors' Diaries: The Road to Their First Film andLet's Talk on Air: Conversations with Radio Presenters. He is an aspiring director and actor and a swimming cycling and gym enthusiast. Rakesh runs Bicycle Angels a non-profit social initiative supported by friends that gives bicycles and wheelchairs to the underprivileged and teaches the visually impaired how to use a computer. He co-founded with Kanika Kedia I Adore You Diaries which creates personalized diaries. He also authors a blogBeautiful Bicycles Beautiful People on cyclists their rides and stories.