Sanjeev Kumar
The Actor We All Loved
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Narrated by:
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Jasleen Bhalla
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Written by:
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Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta
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Uday Jariwala
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'He was a natural; one of the most powerful actors.' --Narendra Modi
The 1970s were indeed the golden era of Bollywood. In the decade that revolutionized Hindi cinema, there was one actor who was every director's fail-safe artiste. When he entered the frame, the audience would sigh with relief, 'Nothing can go wrong now!'
Sanjeev Kumar was the antithesis of the typical Bollywood hero doing romance and action. Not one to crave glamorous roles, he was more interested in versatility. From his mature roles in films like Mausam and Aandhi to his comic timing in Angoor or the angst of person with disabilities in Koshish-he was truly a thinking man's actor. His expressive face, inflections and pauses, natural ease for lip-syncing, all of it made him the complete package.
Written by his nephew Uday Jariwala and Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta, this biography takes us through Sanjeev Kumar's journey to becoming one of the greatest actors Bollywood has seen, with personal essays by his friends Gulzar, Randhir Kapoor, and co-stars Sharmila Tagore, Moushumi Chatterjee, Tanuja, among others.
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©2022 Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta and Uday Jariwala (P)2022 HarperCollins PublishersPeople who bought this also bought...
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- KAYDEEP
- 28-11-22
Good to know about the great artist
Not so brutal or honest just one side of the story
. Could have been more balanced rather then portraying heroism and making flaws look like a quality.
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- PALLAV ANJARIA
- 29-09-23
Very Depressing
Many interesting aspect could be covered in this but the death and disease is emphasised too much in the book.
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