THE LIFE AND WORK OF BIMAL ROY
FIROZE RANGOONWALLA
eBook published by IDEAINDIA.COM
© FIROZE RANGOONWALLA 1991
BIMAL ROY was one of the greatest talents of India’s national cinema, whose body of work deserves a much deeper probe, to unravel the charm of his cinema in all its different manifestations. Inseparably linked with it are the system of the film industry and Bimal Roy’s own convictions and attitudes to life.
This eBook attempts a new genre of “Monolysis” to observe the myriad contradictory streams, the way in which the producer-director brought them together and how they affected his work. This at once goes to make very interesting and nostalgic reading while also throwing light on various little-known mysteries connected with those famous films.
The eBook is sprinkled with anecdotes about stars, writers, producers and industry leaders whom Bimal Roy encountered as well as glimpses of his personal life and how he worked.
Acknowledgements: A. C. Roy, Ali Asghar Baig, B. N. Sircar, Basu Bhattacharya, Bipin Bharucha, Cyrus Tata, Dilip Sircar, Deena Pathak, Hrishikesh Mukherji, Jamuna, Kanan Devi, Manobina Roy, Rinki Bhattacharya, Radhamohan Bhattacharya, Roopa Shah, Ravi Kumar, Udaya Tara Nayar, Vijay Gupta.
FIROZE RANGOONWALLA has authored books on Phalke, Satyajit Ray, Mehboob and Guru Dutt. This eBook on Bimal Roy involved a long period of research, interviews and chats with several people in Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta (Kolkata), and also repeated viewings of all his films. It makes one more addition to the author’s large repertoire of film literature, done in a critical, analytical yet intimate style.
FIROZE RANGOONWALLA
eBook published by IDEAINDIA.COM
© FIROZE RANGOONWALLA 1991
BIMAL ROY was one of the greatest talents of India’s national cinema, whose body of work deserves a much deeper probe, to unravel the charm of his cinema in all its different manifestations. Inseparably linked with it are the system of the film industry and Bimal Roy’s own convictions and attitudes to life.
This eBook attempts a new genre of “Monolysis” to observe the myriad contradictory streams, the way in which the producer-director brought them together and how they affected his work. This at once goes to make very interesting and nostalgic reading while also throwing light on various little-known mysteries connected with those famous films.
The eBook is sprinkled with anecdotes about stars, writers, producers and industry leaders whom Bimal Roy encountered as well as glimpses of his personal life and how he worked.
Acknowledgements: A. C. Roy, Ali Asghar Baig, B. N. Sircar, Basu Bhattacharya, Bipin Bharucha, Cyrus Tata, Dilip Sircar, Deena Pathak, Hrishikesh Mukherji, Jamuna, Kanan Devi, Manobina Roy, Rinki Bhattacharya, Radhamohan Bhattacharya, Roopa Shah, Ravi Kumar, Udaya Tara Nayar, Vijay Gupta.
FIROZE RANGOONWALLA has authored books on Phalke, Satyajit Ray, Mehboob and Guru Dutt. This eBook on Bimal Roy involved a long period of research, interviews and chats with several people in Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta (Kolkata), and also repeated viewings of all his films. It makes one more addition to the author’s large repertoire of film literature, done in a critical, analytical yet intimate style.
