Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Husain

by Akshay Manwani

Debuting 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9352640969
• ISBN13: 9789352640966
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"