Origins of Love and
Sea of Innocence. The three novels has been optioned for a web series. Desai is in the middle of negotiations for a screen adaptation of
The Longest Kiss too, she told
Scroll.in. In an interview, the writer revealed how she distilled over 4,000 documents into a chronicle of the actor whom she describes as “a pioneer, then and now”.
How did your impressions of Devika Rani change as you conducted your research over a 15-year period?
To begin with, there wasn’t very much written on her except for a few write-ups or brief biographies. They had a lot of inaccuracies.
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Kishwar Desai’s book on Devika Rani effectively captures the life of an actor and woman who was far ahead of her times
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Kishwar Desai’s book on Devika Rani effectively captures the life of an actor and woman who was far ahead of her times
In a film industry that casually doles out adjectives like never before, it is not easy to imagine that much before Aruna Raje, Farha Khan and Kangana Ranaut arrived on the scene, there was a Devika Rani.
The life and times of Devika Rani: Kishwar Desai on the fame, struggles of one of Hindi cinema s first heroines Devika Rani s contributions to the pioneering studio Bombay Talkies went beyond acting. She took full control of it following the death of Himansu Rai, her husband. Aishwarya Sahasrabudhe January 31, 2021 10:04:46 IST
Bombay Talkies, set up in 1934 by producer Himansu Rai and Devika Rani, was a pioneering film studio which revolutionised filmmaking in India. Apart from giving a space to actors and directors like Ashok Kumar, Leela Chitnis and Raj Kapoor to hone their skills, the studio also lent a sense of refinement to Indian cinema by bringing people from sophisticated quarters into the talkies.
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