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Director Anurag Kashyap during a road show to promote the film 'Gangs of Wasseypur', in Mumbai on June 5.-AFP

Blood and lust

Gangs of Wasseypur typifies the commercial cinema in which paranoia passes for intensity.

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Spontaneous artist

The books great strength is the authors familiarity with Ramkinkar Baijs work and his friendship with him.

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THE HINDU ARCHIVES

Mehdi Hasan: Master of ghazal

Mehdi Hasan (1927-2012), the king of the light classical, was equally loved in Pakistan and India.

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Local and universal

The message of this book: familiarity with one's natal cultural environment is the key to a good understanding of the world.

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Versatile genius

A book that sensitively portrays the late veena maestro S. Balachander, known as much for his soul-stirring music as for his narcissistic ways.

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Homai Vyarawalla in her early years. This picture was published in Sabeena Gadihoke's book 'India in Focus: Camera Chronicles of Homai Vyarawalla.'-

A legend's lens

Homai Vyarawalla (1913-2012) was a truly gifted photojournalist who let her pictures do the talking.

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Master of the visual

Mani Kaul (1944-2011) had the gift of creating emotion on screen simply by choosing the right lens and the right kind of light.

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Mani Kaul. He is remembered as one of the pioneers of alternative cinema in India.-R. RAGU

Mani Kaul: Master of the visual

Mani Kaul (1944-2011) had the gift of creating emotion on screen simply by choosing the right lens and the right kind of light.

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Glimpses of Ray

A collection of scripts by Satyajit Ray and a book of pictures by the film-maker's favourite photographer provide fresh insights into his mind.

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M.F. Husain in his London studio on October 25, 2009.-N. RAM

Undying art

Maqbool Fida Husain (1915-2011), India's most charismatic artist, was romance personified in both work and life.

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Tilak Samarawickrema. His integrated approach to all his activities gives his work a rare roundedness.-PHOTOGRAPHS BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Singing lines

Sri Lankan artist Tilak Samarawickrema's wall hangings are serious and compelling works of art.

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'Tomb in the Park'. A painting from the mid-1980s. The surreal quality is ever present in Anil Karanjai's work.-COURTESY: ANIL KARANJAI MEMORIAL TRUST

Romance of landscapes

Anil Karanjai's landscapes in pastel, done in the last year of his life, hold a surprise for those who know him as a painter of surreal images.

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