{"product_id":"adoor-gopalakrishanan-a-life-in-cinema","title":"Adoor Gopalakrishanan  -  A Life in Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Gautaman Bhaskaran\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Editors(s): Adoor Bhaskaran\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2010\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 218\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9780670081714\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA couple living in defiance of society, trying to make ends meet; a rootless, rustic simpleton unaware of his responsibilities; a selfish, middle-aged man clinging to old feudal ways; an ex-revolutionary wasting himself, sleeping and eating and drinking, much to the disgust of his old comrades; a writer who finds the true meaning of love and freedom in prison; and a prostitute discovering love only to be separated from her lover by the guardians of society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdoor Gopalakrishnan’s characters are drawn from real people, real lives. His cinema manages to frame details that often escape our everyday glance, turning the mundane into the magical, the commonplace into the startling. Yet, very little is known about the auteur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Adoor Gopalakrishnan: A Life in Cinema, the first authorized biography of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner, Gautaman Bhaskaran traces the ebbs and flows of the life of this enigmatic director. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom his birth during the Quit India Movement to his lonely childhood at his uncles’ house; from life at Gandhigram, where Adoor studied rural development, to his days and nights at the Pune Film Institute; and from his first film, Swayamvaram, to his latest, Oru Pennum Rantaanum, Bhaskaran’s lucid narrative tracks the twists and turns of Gopalakrishnan’s life, finding an uncommon man and a rare auteur.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENT:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Cinema is your experience, your vision of life.’\u003cbr\u003e--- Adoor Gopalakrishnan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Adoor Gopalakrishan \u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tFeet on the Earth \u003cbr\u003e2.\tPanning Places \u003cbr\u003e3.\tPicturing People \u003cbr\u003e4.\tA Struggle Named School \u003cbr\u003e5.\tEnter, Play \u003cbr\u003e6.\tSpinning Wonders and Woes \u003cbr\u003e7.\tDays and Nights in Pune \u003cbr\u003e8.\tMissionary of Meaningful Movies \u003cbr\u003e9.\tBeginning and Beyond \u003cbr\u003e10.\tDocumenting the Dramatic \u003cbr\u003e11.\tThe Sound of Silence \u003cbr\u003e12.\tThe Other Actors \u003cbr\u003e13.\tOne’s own Choice \u003cbr\u003e14.\tThe Ascent \u003cbr\u003e15.\tThe Rat-Trap\u003cbr\u003e16.\tFace to Face \u003cbr\u003e17.\tMonologue \u003cbr\u003e18.\tThe Walls \u003cbr\u003e19.\tThe Servile \u003cbr\u003e20.\tThe Man of the Story \u003cbr\u003e21.\tShadow Kill \u003cbr\u003e22.\tFour Women \u003cbr\u003e23.\tA Climate for Crime \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Gautaman Bhaskaran \/ Penguin \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153488343408,"sku":"28479","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/28479.jpg?v=1793910266","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/adoor-gopalakrishanan-a-life-in-cinema","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}