Book chronicles 'cult' but unnoticed Bollywood classics

Have you heard the Amol Palekar - directed 1990's "Thoda Sa Roomani Ho Jayen", a rare true-blue musical with Nana Patekar at his best? And did you know Simi Garewal was dating cricketer Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi during the making of "Teen Devian"?
If not, then a newly launched book titled "40 retakes-Bollywood classics you may have missed" is bound to take you a roller coaster ride down Hindi cinema lane and leave you trawling You Tube and ordering DVDs to catch up on some great films.
Written by award winning film writer Avijit Ghosh, the book is an account of 40 such compelling Hindi movies that have been largely forgotten.

"There are so many excellent films which did not become huge hits due to many reasons ranging from poor promotion, poor timing, poor luck and poor box-office clout, though they it all what it takes for a film to be a 'cult classic', " says Ghosh.
Examining movies such as "Mr Sampat", "Footpath", "Yeh Raat Phir Na Ayegi", "Gaddar", "Haasil", "Hari Bhari", "Sehar", "Rocket Singh", "The Stoneman Murders" and "Antardwand" among others are films which belong to category of those which either fell through cracks or have been forgotten with the passage of time, the author said at a book launch recently held in the capital.