Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 9789350297339 |
No of pages | 320 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Harper Collins |
Published Date | 26 Dec 2013 |
In an attempt to rid himself of the monotony of a nine-to-five routine, Akshay ventured into the world of freelance writing. His writings on popular Indian culture and on sports have appeared in The Caravan, Man’s World, Mumbai Mirror, Business Standard, NBA.com/India and AOL India. Akshay also worked for the BCCI and has covered the ICC CWC 2011, the Indian Premier League (2011 and 2012) and the Champions League T20 (2010, 2011 and 2012).
His first work of non-fiction, a biography of yesteryear poet-lyricist, Sahir Ludhianvi, was published by HarperCollins in December 2013.
Akshay lives in Mumbai with his wife and daughter. You can follow him on Twitter here.
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Sahir Ludhianvi is probably the only songwriter in Hindi films whose poetry was accepted in its purest form and incorporated as a film song. So great was his stature as an Urdu poet that he never had to mould his poetry to suit the demands of film songwriting, instead producers and composers adapted their requirements to his poetry.
His songs in films like Pyaasa, Naya Daur and Phir Subah Hogi have attained the status of classics. This exhaustive biography traces the poets rich life, from his troubled childhood and his equally troubled love relationships to his rise as one of the pre-eminent personalities of the Progressive Writers Movement and his journey as lyricist through the golden era of Hindi film music, the 1950s and 1960s.