: July bookshelf: Seven recent books that challenge set perceptions of reality and history #IndiaNEWS Sanjeev Kumar: The Actor We All Loved, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta, Uday JariwalaThe 1970s are considered

July bookshelf: Seven recent books that challenge set perceptions of reality and history #IndiaNEWS
Sanjeev Kumar: The Actor We All Loved, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta, Uday JariwalaThe 1970s are considered the golden era of Bollywood. In the decade that revolutionised Hindi cinema, there was one actor who was every director’s favourite artist. When he entered the frame, the audience knew they were witnessing a performance par excellence.Sanjeev Kumar was the antithesis of the typical Bollywood hero. He was more interested in roles where he would emerge as an actor rather than a “star???. From his sombre roles in films like Mausam and Aandhi and comic roles such as in Angoor to the angst of a person with disabilities in Koshish – Kumar was hailed as the thinking man’s actor. His expressive face, inflections and pauses, and natural ease when lip-syncing to melancholy songs made him the thinking director’s all-rounder.Written by his nephew Uday Jariwala and Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta, this biography takes us through Sanjeev Kumar’s journey to becoming one of Bollywood’s greatest actors. It brand new perspectives of the actor through the personal essays of his friends and Bollywood legends like Gulzar, Sharmila Tagore, Moushumi Chatterjee, and others.The Life and Times of George Fernandes, Rahul RamagundamGeorge Fernandes (1930-2019) was a revolutionary trade union leader and socialist politician who led the All India Railwaymen’s Federation in...Read more

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