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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
Hindi cinema marks one of the largest film industries of the world with a worldwide popularity churning hundreds of releases in a year. Hence, a comprehensive reference work is inevitable to summarize the unlimited titles of Hindi cinema. This voluminous guide suffices the need through a concise summary of over 4,600 movies released in the past 75 years, from 1945 to 2019. Based on the film reviews published in the reputed Hindi fortnightly magazine “Sarita,” the collection shall serve an indispensable reference work for all the professionals of the fraternity to film enthusiasts or simply anyone interested in Hindi movies.
The guide provides a brief plot summary and a critical assessment of each entry with a star rating ranging from four stars to none, unbiased from its star values, director, or box-office collection, along other essential information like cast, credits, awards, and trivia. The star ratings and the critical assessment shall be a pertinent tool to explore timeless classics to unseen and under-rated masterpieces and avoid missable and overhyped capers. Besides, complete listings of prominent filmmakers, awards, and movies garnering 4 and 3 stars have been provided as a companion to holistic movie watching experience.
Suman Shakya
Suman Shakya is a practicing architect/ urban planner by profession, based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He has been in the architectural profession since 2008 and involved in several architectural projects in Nepal and Bhutan. He was a recipient of "Ando Training Program in Osaka, Japan," and published several papers on architecture and urban planning in the journals in Nepal and Japan.
He is a film enthusiast by interest and a regular contributor in imdb.com. He spent over 3 years compiling the reference movie guide "Reviewing Hindi Cinema since 1945: Movie Guide 2020," which is the first A-Z reference guide on popular Indian cinema with a critical assessment and ratings of over 4600 movies from 1945 to 2019.
