THOSE WERE THE DAYS

The Swinging '70s is an information-packed homage to the 1970s Bollywood, which will give hours of reading pleasure to fans of that period

- Juhi Saklani

Reading this book is more like spending A leisurely time with a group of friends who grew up in the '70s (as I did), who love all things Hindi film (as I do), and who are now nostalgically teasing out their responses to that decade of film-making via their memories, experiences and the tools that hindsight has given them. Writers, journalists, academics, and practitioners like Vishal Bhardwaj, Subhash Ghai, Ketan Mehta...join hands to celebrate the decade that gave us (and this list is absolutely free of order or rationality): Sholay, Deewar, Amar Akbar Anthony, Zeenat, Parveen, ShabanaSmita-Naseer-Om, Bachchan, Benegal, R.D. Burman, Manmohan Desai, Chupke Chupke, Garam Hawa, 'Ram Prasad Sharma' and 'Basanti'. And the very best of Ajit.