The World of Hrishikesh Mukherjee: The Filmmaker Everyone Loves Jai Arjun Singh Penguin Pp 331 R599 HE IS a filmmaker everyone loves. His films still make you laugh, cry and love life. So it is not a surprise to see Hrishikesh Mukherjee being addressed as ‘Hrishi-da’ throughout the book. As journalist-writer-blogger Jai Arjun Singh explains in the prologue, “It is not a biography… not in the usual sense of the word… the focus is on the cinema itself.” And what an oeuvre it is—Abhimaan, Anand, Anupama, Alaap, Anuradha, Bawarchi, Chupke Chupke, Gol Maal, Guddi, Mili and Namak Haram. And the two ‘brilliant failures’ as well: Biwi aur Makaan and Satyakam. The delightful...
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