Goldie: The Man and his Movies

by Anitaa Padhye, Vikrant Pande (Translator)

इस पुस्तक के मराठी संस्करण ‘एक होता गोल्डी’ को पाठकों ने बहुत सराहा है। प्रतिभाशाली निर्देशक, लेखक, अभिनेता और संकलक दिवंगत विजय आनंद यानी गोल्डी को इस दुनिया से विदा हुए कई बरस बीत चुके हैं, फिर भी उनके प्रशंसकों की संख्या कम नहीं हुई है, बल्कि यह संख्या दिनों-दिन बढ़ती ही जा रही है। सभी प्रशंसक गोल्डी के जीवन के छुए-अनछुए पहलुओं के बारे में ज़्यादा से ज़्यादा जानना चाहते हैं। गोल्डी के जीवन को बयान करती एक रोचक पुस्तक।

Genres: Biography

200 pages, Hardcover

Published January 5, 2021

Reviews

[Saurabh Kumar · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Anands were neighbours of my maternal grandfather’s family, the Malhotras, in Gurdaspur. In fact, my grandfather always thought it to be a great achievement that he’d once slapped Dev Anand back during his childhood.
Goldie Anand comes across as an immensely creative, skilled, innocent and sensitive person. It’s sad to read that his innocence and simple nature was taken advantage of by his older brother and various film financiers. One thing slightly irksome in this book is the unusually high occurrence of typos. Perhaps, the folks down at Amaryllis are reading this and will make appropriate changes to future editions of this otherwise readable biography.

[Anupa Sreedhar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ek hota Goldie - by Anita Padhye is a exhaustive biography of Goldie aka Vijay Anand. This younger brother of film maker Chetan Anand and superstar Dev Anand, was himself a talented director, screenplay writer, movie editor and an actor. Having lost his mother at a young age, he moved in with his brother Chetan and his wife in Mumbai at the age of six. He started theatre and screen play writing while he was in college at st. Xaviers. He was a part of Dev Anand's Navketan films and made most of his movies for their home production with Dev Anand but also worked with other banners. Not totally happy with the world around him, his spiritual pursuits took him to Osho and he joined Osho's commune in Pune but was later disillusioned and got back to the film world. He offended his immediate family by marrying his elder sister's daughter, but eventually all was well and the marriage lasted a lifetime. Its not like every film of his was a box office hit, but he did give Bollywood some amazing gems - His ouvre consists of nau do gyarah, kaala baazar, hum dono, hakikat,teesri manzil, johny mera naam among many more ,my personal favorites being tere ghar ke saamney and guide. He was a master of his craft and once he started with a movie, he was completely immersed in every aspect of the movie, right from direction, story line, casting, lyrics, music etc. Goldie was much loved in the industry and people loved working with him. In this book which is written in simple, straightforward marathi, Anita Padhye has painted a lucid portrait of this multi-faceted, maverick moviemaker.

[SUNIL DASWANEY · Rating 3 out of 5]

INTERESTING BOOK!

Vijay Anand was and will always remain my favourite film director and so it was quite interesting to read about his journey in the Hindi film industry.This book gave me a reasonable insight into those key incidents from start to finish.

[Nitin Akarsh · Rating 5 out of 5]

" एक था गोल्डी " फिल्म निर्माता विजय आनंद की कथा है l विजय आनंद प्रसिद्ध फिल्म निर्माता चेतन आनंद और प्रसिद्ध फिल्म कलाकार देव आनंद के छोटे भाई थे l गोल्डी ने कई फिल्मों का निर्माण किया और कुछ फिल्मों में भी काम किया है l मैंने जो फिल्म उनकी सबसे पहले देखि थी वो जया बच्चन के साथ " कोरा कागज " l बचपन में उनकी आई टीवी धारावाहिक तहकीकात भी देखि थी l विजय आनंद की कहानी पढ़ने में हम सिर्फ उनकी ही कहानी नहीं पढ़ते l हम उस वक़्त ओशो या गुरु रजनीश के फ़िल्मी दुनिया पर उसके प्रभाव के बारे में पढ़ते हैं l या फिल्म स्टार्स के नखरे और उनकी असुरक्षा की भावना को पढ़ कर चकित होते हैं l ये किताब उन सभी के लिए है जिन्हे फिल्म में रूचि है या वो गाइड फिल्म के निर्माता के बारे में जानना चाहते हैं l इस तरह की किताबों को पढ़ने वक़्त समय यात्रा करने सा अनुभव होता है l

[Rahul · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was great to know about this highly under-rated director.

Goldie has been vastly ignored by most in spite of his stellar contribution towards indian cinema.

He comes across as one of the most creative and visionary directors of Hindi film industry.

This book delves deep into his process of film-making which led to such gems as Guide, Jewel Thief!

[Radhika · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book plunges into the life of a very sensitive, brilliant film director.
Goldie(Vijay Anand) started his career early, and throughout his life never got due credit.
he was a kind and easygoing man ,stringent and hardworking.
Taxi driver, guide, Teesri Manzil, Nau Do Gyara, hum dono, Jaan Hazir hai, Kora Kagaz, Blackmail.
His tiny strife with Vjayanthimala, his spiritual journey, his ardent love for movies, working on the sets with a very distracted Rekha, this book says it all.
It's a journey, more than a biography.