Great composers of Indian music: their contributions and life styles, ed. by Gowri Kuppuswamy et al

ISBN: 9788188827510, 8188827517

The great Indians

Agarwala, SBD (b.1919)

ISBN: 9788122410051, 8122410057

The selection is a random and unbiased sample of artists, writers, poets, musicians, dramatists and film-makers, philosophers, scientists, mathematicians, engineers and humman-health specialists, kings, servants and social and political emancipators.

The great Indians, ill. by Prajakta C. Rane

ISBN: 9788172733186, 8172733186

This book is a collection of 300 notable individuals profiled in the One India One People Magazine since its inception. It takes a look into the life of the great Indian personalities who have contributed to the betterment of India be it in the area of freedom struggle, politics, science, technology, theatre, music etc.

Evolution of Hindustani slide guitar

Rai, Anil et al.

ISBN: 9788180903366, 8180903362

In this book, the author tracing the musical theory of the past makes clear the position of the present musical system, he discussed how Hindustani Slide Guitar is being developed.

Gulistan-e-Mousiqui: a collection of essays on Indian music, ed. by Mohammad Haroon

ISBN: 9789384776084, 9384776084

Guns & thighs: the story of my life

Varma, Ram Gopal

ISBN: 9788129137494, 8129137496

Ram Gopal Varma is a film director, screenwriter and producer who has made films in Telugu and Hindi in a range of genres - psychological thrillers, gangster films, road movies, horror films and musicals.

The sixth string of Vilayat Khan

Devidayal, Namita

ISBN: 9789387578906, 9387578909

Habib Tanvir: towards an inclusive theatre

Katyal, Anjum

ISBN: 9788132109518, 8132109511

This work is the first comprehensive study on the life and contribution of Habib Tanvir to Indian theatre history. A playwright, director, actor, journalist, and critic, Tanvir is perhaps best known for the play Charandas Chor.

Hampi: the world heritage, directed by R. Bharathadri, DVD

Duration: Epi. I to VI: 2 hr 19 min.;The film showcases the grandeur of the World Heritage Site- Hampi, know in ancient times as Pampakshetra. Hampi was the capital of Vijayanagar Empire on the south bank of river Tungabhadra, in Karnataka between the 14th and 16th centuries. The roving camera takes one through the corridors of artistic creativity in the primeval rocky landscape, dotted with ma...

Haunting Bollywood: gender, genre, and the supernatural in Hindi commerial cinema

Sen, Meheli

ISBN: 9789386392794, 9386392798

Hindi commercial cinema has been invested in the supernatural since its earliest days. However, only a small segment of these films has been adequately explored in scholarly work. Haunting Bollywood addresses this gap.

The Hay House book of cinema that heals

Raj, Ashok

ISBN: 9788189988289, 818998828X

A unique volume that highlights - tellingly and poignantly - how the impact of the Hindi film over the decades has played a significant role in trying to bring together people belonging to different faiths and different strata of society.

Heads and tales: Aandhi and Hu Hu Tu

Gulzar

ISBN: 9788129135179, 8129135175

Brings together, in an engaging narrative form, two of Gulzar's best-known films. Brilliantly translated by filmmaker Meghna Gulzar, this volume will appeal to the fans of these classic movies, as well as to all lovers of strong, well-told stories.

Hema Malini: beyond the dream girl

Mukherjee, Ram Kamal

ISBN: 9789352773220, 9352773225

This is the authorized biography of a truly multi-faceted personality--a film-maker and producer, an active Member of Parliament from Mathura, a dancer par excellence, and a woman who has lived life on her own terms, providing an inside look at the life of one of our greatest cinema icons.

Here, I cannot stay; there, I cannot go, autobiography of B V Karanth, as told to Vaidehi, tr. from Kannada by C N Ramachandran et al

ISBN: 9788181970251, 818197025X

This autobiography is both a gripping story of an extraordinary individual and and authentic chronicle of the theatre in post-Independence India - a chronicle of great playwrights, imaginative directors, talented actors and actresses, and of the varied 'theatres' in our multi-lingual country.

Hero, Vol. 2: Amitabh Bachchan to the Khans and beyond

Raj, Ashok

ISBN: 9788189988333, 8189988336

A comprehensive, reel-life chronicle of Hindi film heroes and a kaleidoscopic view into the fascinating world of Hindi cinema.

A moment in time: with legends of Indian Arts

Raghuvanshi, Alka

ISBN: 9788182903302, 8182903300

This book is a special compilation of interviews taken by the celebrated authors Dr. Alka Raghuvanshi, who's career as a journalist spread over four decades. She has interviewed the legends of Indian arts in this historic documentation.

Highland Odisha: life and society beyond the coastal world, ed. by Uwe Skoda et al

ISBN: 9789384082970, 938408297X

This collecton of nine essays covers a range of themes, including social structures, patterns of kinship and relatedness; concepts of food, music or death and their significance related to wider cosmologies; interdependencies among highland communities and the position of migrant farmers between caste and Adivasi society; and processes of resistance and ideas around Nehruvian industrialization ...

harmonium in North Indian music

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Atthigiri splendour of the Devaraja Swamy temple, comp. by Chithra Madhavan

ISBN: 9788193883945, 8193883942

This book, published on the auspicious occasion of the rising of Atthi Varadar, contains a concise account of the Sthala-Puranam, the role of many Srivaishnava Acharyas, architecture, sculptures, inscriptions paintings, music, prasadam and festivals of the ancient and sacred temple of Varadaraja Perumal in Kanchipuram. Text is in English, Tamil and Telgu.

Folk songs from Uttar Pradesh (in Hindi, Devanagari and Roman), transl. and introductory matter in English

Tewari, Laxmi Ganesh (b.1938)

ISBN: 9788124603543, 8124603545

The folk songs in this collection are given in vernacular Hindi language, transliterated and translated, to reach readers with different backgrounds. These songs tell the story and customs of celebrating life-cycle ceremonies, welcoming seasons, and related mythology.