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Leela

Leela
Leela
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Book Specifications

SKUID
:
AG-3568
ISBN
:
9780143418641
Published Year
:
2010
Author
:
Leela Naidu
Publisher
:
Penguin Books
Book Condition
:
Used Good
Condition Note
:
This is a used book, in good condition.
Book Binding Type
:
Paper Back
Language
:
English
No. of Pages
:
180
Dimensions
:
19.5 x 13 cm
Availability
:
Out Of Stock

Book Description

Leela Naidu was listed as one of the five most beautiful women in the world by Vogue magazine. But she was much more than that. She was the fine-boned; haunting face in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Anuradha; in Merchant-Ivory’s The Householder and in Shyam Benegal’s Trikaal. She was the woman who refused to sign Raj Kapoor’s films four times; and the actor who asked for a script long before the phrase ‘bound script’ became Bollywood cliché. Jean Renoir taught her acting and Salvador Dali used her as a model for a Madonna.

Leela is a memoir that is charming; idiosyncratic and a window to Leela’s intriguing life.  Everyone who met her has a Leela Naidu story. This is her version.