AWARDS - Directorate of Film Festivals

164Best Book on Cinema/flusek ij loksZÙke iqLrdSwarn Kamal and cash prize of ` 75,000/-C I N E M A Y A A N AAuthor K Puttusamypublisher Harisu PrakashanC I T A T I O NFor its probingly critical introduction to Kannadacinema in its interconnections with literatureand theatre, history and society; with insightfulanalyses of the classics of Kannada cinemaand assessments of individual contributions,often from beyond the borders of Karnataka;supplemented by excellent photographs andannotations; and extraordinary productionvaluesdUuM+ flusek ,oa mlds lkfgR;] jaxeap vkSj lektls tqM+ko ds leh{kkRed ifjp; ds fy,AS Y N O P S I S O FT H E B O O KCinema Yaana, brought out to mark the75 years of Kannada cinema, looks atthe history of the industry by employinga delightful nonlinear journey through thedecades gone by. In this voluminous book,the author, a cinephile himself, narrates howhe developed love for cinema of the worldand Kannada cinema in particular. He writeswith the detail of a historian and presents itwith the perspective of an avid viewer. He notonly employs his personal experiences butalso the insights acquired from the detailedresearch, to put the history of KannadaCinema in right perspective, documentingeverything with a detailed eye. The bookchronicles the silent era, the talkies and therelentless struggle of the industry in order toestablish its own identity.flusek ;kuk dUuM+ flusek ds 75 lky ds yEcsbfrgkl ds lQj dks n'kkZrh gSA ys[kd vius dUuM+Hkk"kk ,oa flusek dh nqfu;k ds çfr yxko dks n'kkZrkgSA og ,d n'kZd ds :i esa dUuM+ flusek ds bfrgkldks fpf=r djrk gSA