Akhtar speaks with refreshing honesty about the ups and downs of his extraordinary life-from his early childhood in Lucknow to his struggles in the 1960s as an aspiring writer trying to break into the film industry, to his later years as husband, father and hugely successful screenplay writer. He reflects on the friendships and collaborations that were the highlights of his personal and professional life, and the inescapable disappointments. He relives the battles he waged on behalf of lyricists and music composers in Parliament, the intense internal struggle to overcome the difficulties that built up in the wake of fame and money, and the many strands that wove through his relentless pursuit of excellence.
Candid and wide-ranging, Talking Life is an unputdownable read packed with stories and anecdotes from film history.
NASREEN MUNNI KABIR has made over a hundred documentaries on Hindi cinema and written twenty books on the subject. She has subtitled more than 800 films from Hindi to English and has been instrumental in introducing Hindi cinema to wider audiences in the UK and in Paris since the 1980s. Continuing to curate Channel 4's annual Indian film season, Nasreen has also served as a governor on the board of the British Film Institute (2000-2006). Working between London and Mumbai, she has been documenting and archiving Hindi film history for over forty years through her many books and television programmes featuring Indian film practitioners.
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