Book Review - Kitnay Aadmi Thay
There are
various genres of books/novels/write ups being published daily. But there are
very few books which explore the vast subject of Bollywood. Writer Diptakirti
Chaudhari has attempted just that in his new book "Kitnay Aadmi Thay"
and that too in a novel style.
The book
has a tagline "Completely Useless Bollywood Trivia". And yes it’s true!
It is totally time passical in nature.....the one which you pick up when you
have leisure time and nothing better to do....
The first
and foremost thing to understand is that this book is meant only and only for
people with keen or shall we say ardent interest in Bollywood...to the extent
that they would dig up all the stories behind their favourite movies, as if
watching one wouldn't suffice their souls! The ones who would have scrap books
made in their adolescent years of their favourite heroes/heroines, their
likes/dislikes all their movie posters pasted on their rooms. I recall one such
friend of mine who was crazy behind Shahrukh Khan. Every inch of the room
screamed "Shahrukh, I love you". She indeed was a walking
encyclopaedia. If you are close to the description, you can grab this book
without much ado! Others please step aside. :)
The book
gives a factual account of some known and unknown information of
Bollywood....like which movie song inspired another movie name, shortest names,
longest names of movies, famous dialogues, moms/papas/best friends of
Bollywood....yes the information which we see and absorb over a collective
period of time as almost each one of us has grown up watching the Indian sagas.
Diptakirti has just taken the pain of compiling such information and providing
us with the option of recounting if interested. But I must say a job marvellously
done. I initially thought that the author would focus on only commercial
films but taking movies like Manorama six feet under, Shabd, Earth etc. in one
of the many lists he has so thoughtfully formulated, he had me impressed. He
has truly encompassed all the spheres of Bollywood which is commendable
considering the size and depth of our industry. Thus it makes logical sense not
to provide an index in the book!
Some
parts of the book are really entertaining and any mild Bollywood fan would read
them without blinking their eyes like how the famous superstars did met their
fate-turning directors/producers. How did a bus conductor became so famous, how
many star kids failed the big screen. Some of the categories are really
creative like Meta Films - film in another film, soon to be clichéd dialogues,
legendary confrontations, types of friends, depictions of various religions,
brand placements. It was really observative of the writer to note the nitigrities
of various dialogues, scenes, the things/brands used in the movies and come up
with such beautiful compilation .....While some part of the book does
not inspire or grab attention at all. Sometimes it tends to get really boring
as well..... May be some more intrinsic information or creative knowledge
sharing would have saved this book from being stale soon after.
All in
all, this book is meant as a coffee table book. Nothing more nothing less.
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