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On Beauty

On Beauty

The Cinema of Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Prathyush Parasuraman
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What does it mean to be in the presence of beauty? And how can one explore and understand this through the filmography of writer, director, editor, music composer and choreographer Sanjay Leela Bhansali?

In this sweeping text, Prathyush Parasuraman walks the reader through the auteur’s films—those hailed, those hauled—like Gangubai Kathiawadi, Padmaavat, Devdas, Ram-Leela, and Saawariya. With sensitivity and finesse, On Beauty examines beauty as an idea, and aesthetics as a philosophy, while simultaneously shedding light on the making of Bhansali’s painstaking frames through conversations with his cinematographers, composers, choreographers and production and costume designers. In these pages, Bhansali’s cinema comes alive.

Imprint: Ebury Press

Published: Nov/2024

ISBN: 9780143465980

Length : 256 Pages

MRP : ₹499.00

On Beauty

The Cinema of Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Prathyush Parasuraman

What does it mean to be in the presence of beauty? And how can one explore and understand this through the filmography of writer, director, editor, music composer and choreographer Sanjay Leela Bhansali?

In this sweeping text, Prathyush Parasuraman walks the reader through the auteur’s films—those hailed, those hauled—like Gangubai Kathiawadi, Padmaavat, Devdas, Ram-Leela, and Saawariya. With sensitivity and finesse, On Beauty examines beauty as an idea, and aesthetics as a philosophy, while simultaneously shedding light on the making of Bhansali’s painstaking frames through conversations with his cinematographers, composers, choreographers and production and costume designers. In these pages, Bhansali’s cinema comes alive.

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Prathyush Parasuraman

Prathyush Parasuraman holds a B.A. in Economics and South Asian Studies from University of California, Berkeley. He is passionate about pedagogy, research, policy, film, literature, and economic theory. A cultural critic and journalist, Prathyush has worked as a Film Critic at Film Companion for five years.

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