Yeh Un Dinoñ Ki Baat Hai

Language: EnglishPages: 408 (6 Color & Throughout B/W Illustrations). About the BookPeppered with heartfelt accounts and charming anecdotes Urdu film magazines were in great favour with the public from the 193os through the 199os a considerable period of seven decades. As Urdu got progressively marginalised in the later years unfortunately these magazines were not archived for the most part leading to their inevitable disappearance from popular imagination. Tracking down the lost publications Yasir Abbasi followed leads - some futile some fruitful to obscure towns and people's homes in a last-ditch effort to save valuable records of Indian cinema. As challenging as it was to locate the faded issues and original texts he managed to uncover and translate many fabulous memoirs covering a wide gamut of our favourite old artistes at their candid best. A gloom-laced piece on Meena Kumari by Nargis a rollicking description by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan of an eventful evening with Manto (not to mention a mysterious woman and a house on fire) Jaidev writing about his chequered career Balraj Sahni introspecting about the relevance of Hindi and Urdu in films - it's a rich mix of engrossing narratives brought back from oblivion. About the AuthorA trained cinematographer by profession Yasir Abbasi completed his early education from Gorakhpur and Lucknow. Following his Masters in Mass Communication from Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi in 2002 he has been involved with shooting documentaries and independent films and has won several awards at film festivals for his work. A lifelong film buff who watches The Godfather and Gunda with equal sincerity he lives in Gurgaon with his wife. . Introduction When I was growing up the arrival of an outstation guest delighted me no end. Before my relati