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Offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of Indian screen comedy. Traces the evolution of the genre from Dhirendranath Ganguly through the 30s and 40s (Noor Mohammed `Charlie` and others), 50s and 60s (Johnny Walker, Agha Jagdeep, Johar among others), 70s and 80s (Asrani, Paintal and others) to the fading years of the twentieth century. Also takes a close look at the ruban middle-class comedies (Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Base Chatterjee), the comedies of the New Wave (Kundan Shah and Pradeep Krishan), the emergence of the romances, villain-comedian all rolled into one.
ISBN - 8129108593
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Pages : 312
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