{"product_id":"when-ardh-satya-met-himmatwala-the-many-lives-of-1980s-bombay-cinema","title":"WHEN ARDH SATYA MET HIMMATWALA THE MANY LIVES OF 1980s' BOMBAY CINEMA","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 1980s. In Hindi cinema, it was the decade of the dark and powerful police\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edrama Ardh Satya. It was the decade of the kitschy excess of the action comedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHimmatwala. It was a decade of opposites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a time when the best of NewWave 2.0 won acclaim and awards across the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eglobe, and B-grade'sex films' drew crowds into rundown small-town theatres;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen ridiculous lyrics set to'disco music' created massive chartbusters, and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoetry of Kabir, Tulsidas and Faiz also found space in film songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a time when Amitabh Bachchan's injury had all of India praying for a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emiracle; when Peter Pan Jeetendra was spending more time shooting in Madras\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethan in Bombay; when Rekha still ruled but Sridevi was rising to superstardom;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen Naseer, Shabana, Om and Smita were the Fab Four of arthouse cinema;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen the flamboyant dancing stars Mithun and Govinda brought a whole new\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaesthetic to Bollywood; when North and South met and mated like never before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a time of furious change beyond the silver screen, too: video cassettes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebrought cinema to drawing rooms and bedrooms; television and one-day cricket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eemerged as fierce competition to films; piracy put movie theatres in crisis; film\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estars were elected to the Indian Parliament in surprising numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this thoroughly researched and entertaining book, Avijit Ghosh, author of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eacclaimed bestsellers Cinema Bhojpuri and 40 Retakes, narrates the fascinating story of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eperhaps the most eventful, disruptive and transformative decade of Hindi cinema. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46426491355346,"sku":"9789354474606","price":37.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_b426c925-41d3-4b86-b46d-f857eb6d7624.jpg?v=1762423398","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/when-ardh-satya-met-himmatwala-the-many-lives-of-1980s-bombay-cinema","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}