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Published: 28 October 2021

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professor toofaanii publishers, Lansing, MI is honored to announce their 27th book,

MUNNA The boy who grew into a legend (Amitabh Bachchan) by Ali Peter John.

Paperback, English. Black and White, 6 by 8 in, 266 pages.

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He write in the Preface:

I have been privileged to write about him for the last fifty years and more. I have written about him when he was a nobody in Bombay ( it was not Mumbai yet ) and was discovered by my guru Khwaja Ahmad Abbas in "Saat Hindustani" and had signed his first contract with Abbas for five thousand rupees with a place to sleep in a dormitory in Goa and was to have his breakfast , lunch and dinner with the rest of the forty member unit which included Abbas ......
I saw "Saat Hindustani" flop, but I saw this unusual tall actor succeed as an actor and even win a National Award for his performance. I saw him give amazing performances in films like " Bansi Birju",  "Ek Nazar" and  "Bombay To Goa ", but I sat up in my chair and applauded him after that daring scene in  "Zanjeer" in which he defies Pran, the bad man of the area and then there was no looking back for the son of Dr Harivanshrai Bachchan and Teji Bachchan who went on to be the angry young man and the star of the millennium he is today when he will be seventy nine years old on October 11.
I have been a close witness ( thanks to him ) to his rise and rise and the few falls in his illustrious career. I was there when that one nearly fatal accident on the sets of Manmohan Desai's  "Coolie" almost killed him and his sheer will power and the will of the doctors, Dr Farokh Udwadia , Dr S Shah and Dr Jayant Barve fought their best battle to bring him back to life and succeded on that fateful night of August 2, 1982 and how he was taken home in a victory truck with hoardings of welcoming him back to life greeting him all along the way.
I was witness to his lonely battle to fight back and emerge a victor in the face of the most grim odds and cruel circumstances.
And then I was there when he fought back as an actor and what a way he fought his way to the very top again and created a new Amitabh Bachchan on the strength of his talent alone. He knew he could win only if he transformed himself from the angry young man to the understanding old man and he surprised three generations of his admirers with one brilliant performance after another.
It will be fifty years and more since an unknown actor with an unusual name came to Indian Cinema and created a niche for himself, which no other star, superstar or other legend has been able to take away from him, however hard they have or they may try. There has been only one Amitabh Bachchan whose name is etched on the sky of success and I don't think there will be another like him in the time and times to come, take or leave it, but that is my opinion about him which has lived with me for generations and I am sure will not leave me for generations to come.
I am extremely grateful for having the opportunity to live through the era of Amitabh Bachchan and this I swear is no intention to flatter a dear friend who has now growing beyond all praise and gratitude   
What more can I say about a friend who has always been a friend and I hope will be a friend as long as time and friendship lasts.

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Published: 05 October 2021

Last Updated: 18 May 2024

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ERRATA for Silent Cinema In India 1913 – 1934

professor toofaani publishers, Lansing, MI is proud to announce their 26th book, the International Edition of

Silent Cinema In India 1913 – 1934, When Silence Spoke In Celluloid by
Sanjeev Tanwar.

He is a native of Delhi. After completing his school and college education, he joined the Shri Ram Centre For Arts And Culture in 1996 to pursue his keen interest in theatre and writing. In 1998, he earned his diploma in acting.

He has translated many important works of English literature into Hindi - 'The Time Machine' (H G Wells), 'Man & Superman' (G B Shaw), 'Adolf Hitler' (James Bunting), 'Anthony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare), 'Old Man & The Sea' (Earnest Hemingway).

While at the Shri Ram Centre, he wrote the play 'Chuna Ek Murga Beeti' based on ashort story by Sharad Joshi. His other dramatic works include - 'Hitler, Ek Marta Hua Sapna', 'The Court is Adjourned', 'Kishnuli' (based on a story by Shivani), 'Lolita' (based on the novel by the same name by Vladimir Nabokov). As an ardent

lover of cinema, he has to his credits the compilation 'Tujhe Mere Geet Bulate Hain' (2015), a complete filmography of Bharat Vyas, and two books on Hindi Gilm posters, 'Pictorial Journey of Hindi Cinema 1939' and 'Pictorial Journey of Hindi Cinema 1940'.

Here is what he writes about the book:

This book is intended as a pictorial encyclopedia of Indian Films silent era. It includes the title, censor certificate information, year, production company, producer, director, story writer, cast, photography, subject and other information. We have used all the extant sources, but still gaps remain. We have attempted to include a large number of newspaper advertisements. A timeline of the silent era with important milestones is provided.

It includes information about Feature films, Short films, Serials, Shelved/unreleased films, Prohibited / Banned feature films and documentaries, Trailers, Advertisements, Variety programmes, Documentaries / Newsreels, Documentaries made by foreign film makers on Indian subjects, Foreign films often mistaken as Indian silent films. Also included are Addresses of major film companies.

Paperback, English. Black and White, 8 by 10 in, 807 pages.

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Published: 29 September 2021

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professor toofaanii publishers, Lansing, MI USA, humbly presents the 25th book:

MY DEV Memories of an Immortal Man by

Ali Peter John  (former Editor of Screen Weekly)

Ali Saab says,

"Dev Anand was a collection of all the best colours of life. He was an ideal son, brother, father, filmmaker, writer, Director and editor besides being many other men in one man. There were attempts made to know him and understand him when he was alive, there are attempts still being made to know him, but knowing him as I did, I don't think it will be easy for anyone to understand the real Dev. This book, therefore is not my attempt to show my knowledge about him and his many achievements. This book is only my earnest attempt to paint a portrait of the Dev I knew and who gave me all the privileged experiences to know him as closely as possible.

This book is a precious look into the life of a man who was born immortal. I believe that Dev was and is immortal, but what is wrong if I cannot forget any of his memories, which for me are more precious than the prayers I pray to all the other Devs I know and I now have met and I now don't have any interest of knowing any other Dev."

BW paperback 6 by 9, color cover, 95 pages.

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