Who is Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand? That is the original name of Dev Anand whose centenary will be celebrated on 26th September this year across the country with theatrical screenings of some of his earlier musical romances which made him one of the most famous and popular romantic heroes of his time.
As I entered RP Gupta’s flat, I faced a slender man in a half-sleeved white vest and white pajamas, rocking in a chair, with books piled on a stool next to him.
Every film had its own film book which he fondly referred to as ‘Kheror Khata’. These red cloth-bound books are nothing short of treasure troves that give us marvelous insights into the mind of a genius.
His short stories, essentially written for a young adult audience, would be a good starting point for such explorations. These stories share many common themes.
Kanchenjunga was not originally set in the hills. Satyajit originally located this in a picnic spot in the outskirts of Calcutta and named it Baganbari, i.e. a country house. It was only after a series of recce in the northern fringes of Calcutta failed that he – in a moment of epiphany – decided to relocate it to Darjeeling.
Is Siddhartha a coward? Or is he an escapist? Or is he really a misfit who cannot fit in?
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