{"product_id":"when-ardh-satya-met-himmatwala-the-many-lives-of-1980s-bombay-cinema-paperback","title":"WHEN ARDH SATYA MET HIMMATWALA THE MANY LIVES OF 1980s' BOMBAY CINEMA - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAvijit Ghosh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1980s. In Hindi cinema, it was the decade of the dark and powerful police\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edrama Ardh Satya. It was the decade of the kitschy excess of the action comedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHimmatwala. It was a decade of opposites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a time when the best of NewWave 2.0 won acclaim and awards across the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eglobe, and B-grade'sex films' drew crowds into rundown small-town theatres;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen ridiculous lyrics set to'disco music' created massive chartbusters, and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoetry of Kabir, Tulsidas and Faiz also found space in film songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a time when Amitabh Bachchan's injury had all of India praying for a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emiracle; when Peter Pan Jeetendra was spending more time shooting in Madras\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethan in Bombay; when Rekha still ruled but Sridevi was rising to superstardom;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen Naseer, Shabana, Om and Smita were the Fab Four of arthouse cinema;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen the flamboyant dancing stars Mithun and Govinda brought a whole new\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaesthetic to Bollywood; when North and South met and mated like never before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a time of furious change beyond the silver screen, too: video cassettes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebrought cinema to drawing rooms and bedrooms; television and one-day cricket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eemerged as fierce competition to films; piracy put movie theatres in crisis; film\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estars were elected to the Indian Parliament in surprising numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this thoroughly researched and entertaining book, Avijit Ghosh, author of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eacclaimed bestsellers Cinema Bhojpuri and 40 Retakes, narrates the fascinating story of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eperhaps the most eventful, disruptive and transformative decade of Hindi cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 410\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47408179970226,"sku":"9789354474606","price":40.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/3ea1f0f577791fad587dbea04b9f1249.webp?v=1778237815","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/when-ardh-satya-met-himmatwala-the-many-lives-of-1980s-bombay-cinema-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}