AUTHOR : Uday Bhatia

GENRE : NON-FICTION

QUICK TAKE: Speaking to the people who made Satya a landmark film, Uday Bhatia tells the incredible story of how it all came together

SYNOPSIS:

In 1998, Satya opened to widespread critical acclaim. At a time when Bollywood was still rediscovering romance, Ram Gopal Varma's film dared to imagine the ordinary life of a Mumbai gangster. It kicked off a new wave of Hindi gangster films that depicted a vital, gritty side of Mumbai, rarely shown in mainstream cinema until then.

More than two decades later, it has become an iconic film. When it was released, the regular moviegoer would have been hard-pressed to recognise more than a couple of names in the film's credits. Today, it reads like an honour roll - Anurag Kashyap, Manoj Bajpayee, Vishal Bhardwaj, Saurabh Shukla.

Speaking to the people who made Satya a landmark film, Uday Bhatia tells the incredible story of how it all came together, how it drew from the gangster and street film traditions, and why it went on to become a modern classic.

AUTHOR :

Uday Bhatia is a film critic with Mint Lounge in Delhi. He has previously worked with Time Out Delhi and The Sunday Guardian

PRE-ORDER :

This book will be released ~ 5 th September

Binding: Paperback

Pages : 260

Bullets over Bombay: Satya and the Hindi Film Gangster by Uday Bhatia