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professor toofaanii publishers is proud to announce their 10th book, a poetry book by Jyoti Bhamra. The author is a budding young poetess, having 3 graduate degrees, daughter of Daljit Singh, my younger brother. The Foreword is written by Dr Mohammed Rafi of Maler Kotla.
In India from Pothi Rupees
https://pothi.com/pothi/book/ms-jyoti-bhamra-drops-leaf
In India from Notion Press Rupees
https://notionpress.com/read/drops-on-a-leaf
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professor toofaanii publishers is happy to announce their 9th book
"Forgotten Artists of Early Cinema and The Same Name Confusion"
by Arunkumar Deshmukh (it is first book) and Prof Surjit Singh (it is his 7th book and 5th on Hindi cinema)
Tens of thousands of artists have contributed to Hindi cinema since 1931. Barring a few famous ones, others are long forgotten and are destined for obscurity. Here you will read about more than 30 such artists, eg Khalil, Baakre, Baby Akhtar and Latika. There are scores of others with similar names. Their biographies and filmographies are often mixed up even in well-known books and popular websites. Here you will find reports on more than 25 such cases, eg 2 Shyams, 5 Rajkumars, 9 Gauhars and 2 Shashi Kapoors.
The book is illustrated by more than 60 rare and not-before-seen pictures of these long forgotten artists.
International Edition at lulu.com
On Pothi (in Rupees)
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Another heavily-researched book by
From the description on Amazon.com
SD, or Sachin Dev Burman, the man who gave Hindi film music its grammar is perhaps the most enigmatic figure in Indian cine history. As the young scion of the Tripura royal family, SD struck out into the world of cinema and popular music. The early years were difficult, professionally and personally. His unconventional choice of profession and marriage to a ‘commoner’ caused his family to ostracise him, and his formal training was not enough to stave off rejections.
This well researched biography—by the authors of the best-selling R.D. Burman: The Man, The Music—is both a tribute to a great artist, and a deep inquiry into what made his music great. Going well beyond merely listing his greatest songs, it explores hitherto unknown stories about the creation of each gem: Mera sundar sapna beet gaya (Do Bhai, 1948); Thandi hawaein (Naujawan, 1951); Yeh raat yeh chandni (Jaal, 1952); Babu samjho ishaare (Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, 1958); Meet na mila re mann ka (Abhiman, 1973), and more.
The book is packed with insights into SD’s life, work and his astute understanding of Hindi cinema. Despite the fact that he was an outsider who spoke little Hindi or Urdu, SD was the man who introduced Sahir Ludhianvi to the world, and the one who gave Kishore Kumar’s musical brilliance its due. His readiness to adapt to modern sounds and techniques, his unwavering faith in Lata Mangeshkar’s virtuosity, his closeness to Dev Anand that was seen as nepotism, charges of plagiarism—S.D. Burman: The Prince-Musician provides unmatched insight into both the genius of one of India’s most significant composers and a crucial aspect of its glorious cinematic history. An essential addition to every film music aficionado’s library.
Errata for this book Version 3
** Suddenly Sachin Deb sounds out of place. His name has been spelt Sachin Dev in the later part of the book. And in this chapter, it is SD.
*** The Censor certificate of the film has the spelling “Rajanigandha”. We went by that. The titles have the spelling Rajnigandha. The spellings in the titles can be wrong. The registered name is the name which is th
ere in the censor certificate.
Subcategories
Articles Article Count: 2438
Articles on Hindi Films
Books Article Count: 197
Magazines Article Count: 35
Posted Songs Article Count: 2452
Rec Music Indian Misc Article Count: 2
Saigal Pankaj Dey Article Count: 1
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