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Post by James on Jun 16, 2014 2:58:27 GMT
Bollywood biggies attend Dilip Kumar's autobiography launch Thespian Dilip Kumar's autobiography titled 'Substance and Shadow' was recently launched by Bollywood biggies, including Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Dharmendra in Mumbai. Speaking on the occasion Subhash Ghai, superstar Aamir Khan and Bollywood beauty Madhuri Dixit said it was big day for the industry and they were all looking forward to reading the book. "It's a big day and I have been always been a big fan of him and I was eagerly waiting for the release of this book, as I wanted to read about his life, his work and his experiences. I am really thrilled that finally that day has come, and we all will have that book in our hands and we will be able to read it," said Aamir Khan. The event was hosted by Karan Johar and was attended by Bollywood personalities like, Jeetendra, Vijayanti Mala, Zeenat Aman, Javed Akhtar, Salim Khan, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Raju Hirani, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Riteish Deshmukh and Kiran Rao among others. Expressing her happiness on the occasion, Dilip Kumar's wife and veteran actress Saira Banu said "Yusuf Sahib's autobiography is being released today. All of you please pray that the amount of efforts we have put in this for all of you gets successful and you all like it even more". 'Substance and Shadow', is authored by Uday Tara Nayar, a close family friend of the Bollywood thespian. It chronicles the life of Kumar right from his childhood, his career, and the ups and downs in his life, his family and more.
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Post by desi4life on Jun 16, 2014 5:45:37 GMT
The Times of India has erred. If the book is authored by Uday Tara Nayar, then it really isn't an autobiography but rather a biography.
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Post by odadune on Jun 16, 2014 15:23:22 GMT
Most celebrity autobiographies and memoirs have someone credited as "co-author" or "as told to" who helps the celebrity assemble their memories into an organized readable form and sometimes does research. I would assume Uday Tara Nayar fits into this role, and the TOI is, as usual, doing a bad job of explaining it.
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Post by dancelover on Jun 16, 2014 22:23:21 GMT
When will this be available in America? Dancelover Bollywood biggies attend Dilip Kumar's autobiography launch Thespian Dilip Kumar's autobiography titled 'Substance and Shadow' was recently launched by Bollywood biggies, including Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Dharmendra in Mumbai. Speaking on the occasion Subhash Ghai, superstar Aamir Khan and Bollywood beauty Madhuri Dixit said it was big day for the industry and they were all looking forward to reading the book. [snip = d] 'Substance and Shadow', is authored by Uday Tara Nayar, a close family friend of the Bollywood thespian. It chronicles the life of Kumar right from his childhood, his career, and the ups and downs in his life, his family and more.
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Post by NewLaura on Jun 17, 2014 0:30:16 GMT
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Post by jjake61 on Sept 27, 2014 3:33:35 GMT
This is available on Amazon Kindle now although if the photos are important to you I would probably get a hardcopy. I am not quite done with it and want to discuss with anyone who has read it. I have enjoyed it immensely. I expected him to be very discreet and gentlemanly about his personal realtionships with women especially Madhubala and he was. No salacious or even remotely intimate details. Nothing really new that you can't read elsewhere. It was interesting however to read about his childhood in Peshewar and the very large family he grew up in and ultimatley took responsability for. I was a bit surprised that he was not reticent at all about how his siblings all disapointed him by not achieving greatness etc. I loved reading about his relationship with Raj Kapoor. I did not know that they were childhood friends and went to college together. I was moved to tears reading Rishi Kapoor's description of Dilip's visit to Raj Kapoor's deathbed.
His relationship with his wife Saira Banu is very sweet, they both very clearly adore each other. He does address his very briefl second marriage towards the end of the book. The last quarter of the book is given over to colleagues, friends, family members and even household staff to write their special memories/thoughts about him.
I also enjoyed reading details about the making of his films. It has made me want to rewatch several, especially Maashal as both he and Anil Kapoor reflect at length on it. It has also put me on the hunt for a subtitled copy of Ganga Jumna. I can't find it anywhere and am now wondering if a subtitled dvd was ever released.
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Post by Prem Rogue on Sept 28, 2014 10:45:41 GMT
I also enjoyed reading details about the making of his films. It has made me want to rewatch several, especially Maashal as both he and Anil Kapoor reflect at length on it. It has also put me on the hunt for a subtitled copy of Ganga Jumna. I can't find it anywhere and am now wondering if a subtitled dvd was ever released. Yes, Gunga Jumna was released on DVD with English subtitles by DEI. I don't know if this edition is still in print. Note the unusual spelling of both words in the title (typically spelled as "Ganga" and "Jamuna").
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Post by odadune on Sept 29, 2014 0:53:43 GMT
This is available on Amazon Kindle now although if the photos are important to you I would probably get a hardcopy. I am not quite done with it and want to discuss with anyone who has read it. I have enjoyed it immensely. I expected him to be very discreet and gentlemanly about his personal realtionships with women especially Madhubala and he was. No salacious or even remotely intimate details. Nothing really new that you can't read elsewhere. It was interesting however to read about his childhood in Peshewar and the very large family he grew up in and ultimatley took responsability for. I was a bit surprised that he was not reticent at all about how his siblings all disapointed him by not achieving greatness etc. I loved reading about his relationship with Raj Kapoor. I did not know that they were childhood friends and went to college together. I was moved to tears reading Rishi Kapoor's description of Dilip's visit to Raj Kapoor's deathbed. His relationship with his wife Saira Banu is very sweet, they both very clearly adore each other. He does address his very briefl second marriage towards the end of the book. The last quarter of the book is given over to colleagues, friends, family members and even household staff to write their special memories/thoughts about him. I also enjoyed reading details about the making of his films. It has made me want to rewatch several, especially Maashal as both he and Anil Kapoor reflect at length on it. It has also put me on the hunt for a subtitled copy of Ganga Jumna. I can't find it anywhere and am now wondering if a subtitled dvd was ever released. Thank you for the review! Sounds like an interesting book.
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