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Manna Dey performing in Bangalore on May 10.-G.P. SAMPATH KUMAR

Haunting melodies

Manna Dey, the 2007 Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner, has enthralled discerning listeners since the 1950s. (Published in the issue dated November 6, 200

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Remembering Begum Akhtar

Nirmal Chander’s documentary focusses on the essentials of Begum Akhtar’s music and her rise to greatness in the feudal ambience of pre-Independence

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A life in theatre

A useful work on Badal Sircar, the theatre stalwart whose plays initially took up the concerns of the middle-class youth of Kolkata but later articula

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Quietly eloquent

"Court" creates a believable, real world through a measured narrative that convincingly captures the protagonists’ often-heroic, sometimes-c

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Bombay raga

The book traces the history of Hindustani music and its evolution in the port city of Bombay when it was under British rule.

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Memorable innings

A book on the history of cricket in Pakistan, well researched with attention to detail but often given to hyperbole and gushing admiration.

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Of loss & desperation

A new small-budget film on the underdog’s struggle for survival in Kolkata, employing a narrative technique borrowed from Thousand And One Arabian Nig

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A life of music

A captivating and perceptive account of the life and music of Gangubai Hangal.

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Chennai: 17/12/2013: The Hindu: Front Line: Book Review Column:

Title: Sahir Ludhianvi, the People's Poet.
Author: Akshay Manwani.

Inhabiting two worlds

The book on Sahir Ludhianvi, the Urdu poet and Bollywood lyricist, is a case of hero-worship albeit a sincere one.

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Cinema pulse

An interesting and thought-provoking book on seeing India through its cinema.

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LIFE: Matru Ki Bijliee Ka Mandola Stills

Distorted vision

The farcical Hindi comedy Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is a terrible attempt to Indianise Bertolt Brecht.

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Master of rhythm

Pandit Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) will be remembered as Indias first and most successful cultural ambassador to the West, who opened the door of opportu

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