{"product_id":"pakeezah-meghnad-desai-9789350293690","title":"Pakeezah","description":"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'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meghnad Desai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9350293692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789350293690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.37w x 0.43d","brand":"Meghnad Desai","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945941106943,"sku":"9789350293690","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7a36a542-0210-472d-877c-1d5c5674cb0a.jpg?v=1681510629","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pakeezah-meghnad-desai-9789350293690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}