Pakeezah (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789350293690)

Meghnad Desai tracks the film's tortuous journey and reveals fascinating, little-known aspects of it. He foregrounds the craftsmanship, perseverance and perfectionism of its maker, Kamal Amrohi, who would wait weeks for the perfect sunset. Desai sees the film as a 'Muslim social' set in a 'Lucknow of the Muslim imagination', as a woman-centric film with a dancing heroine at a time when they were a rarity and above all, as a film that harkes back to an era of 'nawabi culture with its exquisite tehzeeb', a world that is lost forever. Pakeezah: An Ode to a Bygone World is a fitting tribute to a film that Meghnad Desai calls 'a monument to the golden age of Hindustani films'.

Author: Meghnad Desai
ISBN-10: 9350293692
ISBN-13: 9789350293690
Publisher: HarperCollins India
Language: English
Published: 09/18/2013
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.37w x 0.43d