Choosing the best 200 Hindi movies since the 1940s, this book gives concise reviews of the films. The entries are arranged genre wise.
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Brief Topical Guide to Hindi Cinema, Hardly Essential,
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This review is from: The Essential Guide to Bollywood (Paperback)
If looking for an abbreviated introduction to Hindi cinema, this thin (172-page) movie guide may be a place to begin. Movies from about 1950-2005 are represented, not alphabetically or by number of awards, but by subject genre.
Many Hindi movies are considered to have plots of masala (spice), where drama, romance, & comedy are intermingled in a three-hour long plot, so the book's categorization of Hindi films by genre seems arbitrary. The book index works as a more focused finding aid to locate entries on movies and individuals. The author's language in the brief movie descriptions tends toward hyperbole, but the listed information for each movie on major actors, director, music composers, lyricist, and plot line are a helpful introduction to Hindi movies. There are color photographs of movie posters & stars on nearly every page of this guide, so it can be fun to flip through for topical browsing. However, as there are more comprehensive, academic guides to Hindi cinema in print this guide is hardly essential reading. Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema (Routledge Film Guidebooks) by Tejaswini Ganti, published in 2004, contains a more in-depth treatment.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Essential Guide to Bollywood (Paperback)
`The Essential Guide To Bollywood' by Subhash K. Jha is a beautifully done compendium of what the author considers to be the 200 best Hindi films from the `40's to the present. It is a nicely produced book printed on thick, high quality paper and filled with wonderful photos of all your favorite Hindi stars. The films discussed in this 176 page paperback volume are divided into ten chapters along with a two page forward by Amitabh Bachchan and index.
Contents; - Drama - Comedy - War Drama - Family Drama - Thrillers & Mysteries - Romance - Historical - Action - Parallel Cinema - Hits & Misses This book is not meant to serve as an in-depth study, no film included in the book gets more than one page of description and discussion. Actually most of the pages are divided in half in a two column format, one film per column. It is a fast read, but you'll come back to it again and again to enjoy the pictures and reread the short excerpts in nostalgic bliss. Whether you're an expert in Bollywood cinema or new to the Hindi experience you'll love it!
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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The Essential Guide to Bollywood,
This review is from: The Essential Guide to Bollywood (Paperback)
This book is definitely a must for all those who want the scoop on Bollywood! Well-written and informative. I wish I had bought it sooner. As a Bollywood writer, this is a reference book, which will be close by my writing desk.
I give it 5 stars!
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