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In the Shadow of a Legend Dilip Kumar

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Item Code: HAK978
Author: Faisal Farooqui
Publisher: Om Books International
Language: English
Edition: 2022
ISBN: 9789392834660
Pages: 186 (Color Illustrations)
Cover: HARDCOVER
Other Details 9.00 X 6.00 inch
Weight 360 gm
Book Description
About the Book
Log aate bain mujbse Dilip Kumar ki batein karte hain. Dilip Kumar ka zikr bota bai. Mujbe lagta hai wob koi aur bai." (People come and talk to me about Dilip Kumar. Dilip Kumar is discussed. I feel like he is someone else.)

The world knows Dilip Kumar, the star, the actor, the legend. He reinvented the art and craft of acting in Indian cinema and right to the end remained the gold standard for all actors.

But what was he like behind the façade of the star? In Dilip Kumar: In the Shadow of a Legend, Faisal Farooqui, who knew Dilip Kumar for over thirty years, gives the reader a fascinating glimpse of the man beyond the legend. Gleaned from the author's many exchanges over casual evening teas, car rides and sunset walks, or late-evening silent reflections at Jogger's Park, and even a pilgrimage to the Holy Mecca, the book introduces us to aspects of the star very few of us know.

His voracious appetite for books, his inquisitive and curious mind, his love for literature and poetry, his role in building Jogger's Park, his sheer joy and surprise on discovering 'Ae Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal on YouTube on Farooqui's iPhone (leading him to term the phone 'jaadu'!), the way he took to Twitter and technology, the foodie in Dilip Kumar and his love for paani puri at Karachi Sweets. There are also hilarious anecdotes from his film shoots, like the time he couldn't run slowly enough for his first shot in cinema, or the one childhood experience that haunted him forever, the little-known Qissa Khwani Bazaar Massacre of 1930. Also, the many life lessons the author picked up from his innumerable conversations with the man he calls a 'father figure in whom I found a guide'.

Warm and engaging, this is an intimate portrait of Dilip Kumar, the man behind the star who mesmerized the world. with his words and silences for over seventy years.

About the Author
Faisal Farooqui is the founder and CEO of India's leading review and rating platform, Mouthshut.com. A passionate entrepreneur, he has co-founded two other successful tech companies and serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations and civil society groups. Farooqui is fond of mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs and advocates for the extensive role of women in tech and engineering.

Farooqui's sacrosanct belief in the freedom of expression on the Internet led him to challenge various sections of India's IT Act in the Supreme Court. This catalysed the abrogation of Section 66A and the reading down of arbitrary IT rules. Farooqui has a degree in Information Systems and Finance from New York and lives in Mumbai, India.

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