Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir HusainDebuting as a film-maker in 1957 with Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Nasir Husain became one of the most successful film-makers in Hindi cinema over the next twenty-five years with musical blockbusters like Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon, Teesri Manzil, Caravan, Yaadon Ki Baaraat and Hum Kisise Kum Naheen.This book analyses the work of Husain and how his films played an important role in shaping commercial Hindi cinema as it exists today. Through interviews with a number of prominent film personalities such as Aamir Khan, Mansoor Khan, Asha Parekh, Javed Akhtar, Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra, the book contextualizes Husain's legacy and places him as one of the important auteurs of Hindi cinema. |
Contents
He Was Shammi Kapoor | |
Decoding the Nasir Husain Formula | |
Sar Par Topi Laal Girls on Trees and Colour in the Countryside | |
Cosmopolitanism Clubs and R D Burman Mélange Magnifique | |
Caravan the Woman and Whatacabaret | |
Of Bichhdey Huey Bhai and Musical Screenplays | |
The Other Big | |
Style Spectacle and a String of Flops | |
Burning Bright Fading Away | |
A Frothy Formulaic Filmmakers Legacy | |
Epilogue | |
Notes | |
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Asha Bhonsle Asha Parekh audience Baharon Ke Sapne Bhaumik Caravan character Chopra dance Dev Anand dialogues Dil Deke Dekho Dil Laya Hoon director Doraiswamy father film-maker film’s Filmistan Geeta hain hero heroine Hindi cinema Hindi film Hum Kisise Kum Husain’s cinema Husain’s films India Jab Pyar Kisise Kaajal kahaan Khanna Kisise Kum Naheen Kumar Majrooh Sultanpuri Mansoor Manzil Manzil Meena Mohammed Rafi Mohan Munimji Nasir Husain Nasir sa’ab Neeta NH Films/Nuzhat Khan Nisha Nuzhat Pancham Paying Guest Phir Wohi Dil played protagonists pyaar Pyar Ka Mausam Pyar Kisise Hota Qayamat Se Qayamat R.D. Burman Raj Kapoor Rajendra Nath Rajesh Rashmi Ratan RD’s Rishi Kapoor romance Sanjay scene screenplay Shammi Kapoor Shankar Shanti shot Singh singing song sequences star story Subodh Mukerji Sunita Tariq Teesri Manzil Tumsa Nahin Dekha Vijay Anand Wohi Dil Laya Yaadon Ki Baaraat Zabardast Zamaane Ko Dikhana