No book on Hindi cinema has ever been as keenly anticipated as this one …. With many a delightful nugget, The Substance and the Shadow presents a wide-ranging narrative across of plenty of ground … is a gold mine of information. – Saibal Chatterjee, Tehelka The voice that comes through in this intriguingly titled autobiography is measured, evidently calibrated and impossibly calm… – Madhu Jain, India Today Candid and politically correct in equal measure … – Mint, New Delhi An outstanding book on Dilip and his films … – Free Press Journal, Mumbai
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To Amma and Aghaji Sukoon-e-dil ke liye kuch to ehtemaam karoon Zara nazar jo miley phir unhein salaam karoon Mujhe to hosh nahin aap mashwara dijiyey Kahan se chedoon fasana kahan tamaam karoon
CONTENTS Foreword Introduction: A Dream Come True Chapter 1 Birth Chapter 2 The Matriarch and Her Brood Chapter 3 Escapades and Adventures Chapter 4 Off to Bombay: A New Chapter Begins Chapter 5 The Growing Up Years Chapter 6 The Poona Interlude Chapter 7 The Return of the Prodigal Chapter 8 The Turning Point Chapter 9 Lights, Camera, Action! Chapter 10 New Aspirations, New Experiences Chapter 11 Between the Personal and the Professional Chapter 12 Reel Life versus Real Life Chapter 13 Madhubala Chapter 14 Devdas, Naya Daur and Beyond Chapter 15 On the Domestic Front Chapter 16 The Travails of Film Making: Gunga Jumna and After Chapter 17 The Woman in My Life
Chapter 18 The Big Day Chapter 19 Celebrations Galore Chapter 20 Colleagues and Friends Chapter 21 Taking Care of Saira Chapter 22 The Husband–Wife Team Chapter 23 A New Role: Taking Up Noble Causes Chapter 24 ‘The Second Innings’ Chapter 25 Family Matters Filmography and Awards Acknowledgements Reminiscences Raihan Ahmed Shabana Azmi V. Babasaheb Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bachchan Moin Beg Mahesh Bhatt Chandrashekhar Yash Chopra Farida Dadi Dharmendra Sitara Devi M. Asif Farooqui Subhash Ghai
Dr Shrikant Gokhale Kamal Haasan Farida Jalal Anil Kapoor Rishi Kapoor Aamir Khan Ayub Khan Salim Khan Manoj Kumar Hema Malini Mumtaz Lata Mangeshkar Ram Mukherjee Nanda Nimmi Bakul Patel Pyarelal (personal dhobi) Veera Rao Waheeda Rehman Harish Salve Say