tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883917711302486029.post4339080106808020497..comments2024-01-21T20:17:36.827-05:00Comments on Parties, Sarees and Melodies: Books on Indian Film: Part 1 - HistoryStella_1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15145030727795627503noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883917711302486029.post-80810491427926923632008-10-20T13:55:00.000-04:002008-10-20T13:55:00.000-04:00I read this one a while ago and my reaction was ve...I read this one a while ago and my reaction was very similar to yours. Plus, having recently read Manto's <I>Stars From Another Sky</I>, I realised just how liberally Bose has borrowed from it!<BR/><BR/>To be fair, what he said about the early days of the film industry was all new to me and I would count it as a history of sorts. His anecdotes from 40s onwards though, are pure film-lore and gossip which anybody growing up in India and interested in movies would know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com