{"product_id":"on-beauty-prathyush-parasuraman-9780143465980","title":"On Beauty: The Cinema of Sanjay Leela Bhansali","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be in the presence of beauty? And how can one explore and understand this through the filmography of writer, director, editor, music composer and choreographer Sanjay Leela Bhansali? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this sweeping text, Prathyush Parasuraman walks the reader through the auteur's films--those hailed, those hauled--like \u003ci\u003eGangubai Kathiawadi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePadmaavat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDevdas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRam-Leela\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSaawariya\u003c\/i\u003e. With sensitivity and finesse, \u003ci\u003eOn Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e examines beauty as an idea, and aesthetics as a philosophy, while simultaneously shedding light on the making of Bhansali's painstaking frames through conversations with his cinematographers, composers, choreographers and production and costume designers. In these pages, Bhansali's cinema comes alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Prathyush Parasuraman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143465988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143465980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ebury Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Prathyush Parasuraman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962481103103,"sku":"9780143465980","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0518eccf-7409-424d-9133-467bf1bc6e85.jpg?v=1750651575","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-beauty-prathyush-parasuraman-9780143465980","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}