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DragunR2
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Yash Chopra is one of the most charismatic and powerful directors in the Indian film industry, his name synonymous with the glamour of the romantic film and a style within Indian culture. Spanning four decades, his directed features include some of the classic films of Indian film history such as Deewaar and Kabhi kabhie. This book discusses his work with the Hindi megastar Amitabh Bachchan in films such as Deewaar, Trishul Kala, Patthar, and Silsila. Rachel Dwyer shows how Yash Chopra has been a tireless innovator and has changed the look of mainstream cinema. Dwyer integrates her analysis with information about the man and his work she gleaned from interviews with Yash Chopra, his family, his colleagues, his stars, his contemporaries, and major critics. A unique study of a top contemporary Indian film director, this book also looks at influences on Chopra. Illustrated --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Has anyone read this book?



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gottaluvit
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Bought it and read it... in bits.

The thought behind the book is better than the actual content. Dwyer goes through her personal opinions on most of Yashraj's oeuvre, and surprised me with some pretty juvenile opinions. She didn't like Lamhe. She loved Dil To Pagal Hai. :baaa:

The best (or worst) though is that she retains Chopra's poor English grammar skills every time she quotes him in the book. And that's a lot! Those who have seen Yash Chopra given an interview in English realize how excruciating it is watching this talented geezer butcher the English language and mumble his way through sentence fragments. The experience is the same reading him trying to speak in English. :oo: :sus: :baaa: :baaa:
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Aarkayne
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gottaluvit wrote:
The best (or worst) though is that she retains Chopra's poor English grammar skills every time she quotes him in the book. And that's a lot! Those who have seen Yash Chopra given an interview in English realize how excruciating it is watching this talented geezer butcher the English language and mumble his way through sentence fragments. The experience is the same reading him trying to speak in English. :oo: :sus: :baaa: :baaa:

Hahaha....yup...seen him falter as he thinks in Punjabi/Hindi and tries to articulate that in English....recently on STAR TALK...aired on TV Asia....but that's alright....so long as he is able to give products like DEEWAR or TRISHUL....most of his recent movies have been trash ofcourse barring LAMHE which had a good story but a rather pedestrian implementation....
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DragunR2
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YC's English is pretty bad. I saw him stumble through the interviews on Kabhi Kabhie and Waqt, and I wished they had provided subtitles!
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Here are some Yash gems :

'I am wanting to be telling you that Raakhee is a superb actor"

'There is no doubtings that the film is too modern for the time'

Yes, he REALLY said that.
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