Overview

Urdu monthly 'Shama' from New Delhi, which started its publication in 1939, gained national fame for film magazines. The founder of this magazine was Yousuf Dehlavi, who maintained the high literary standards of film journalism along with Urdu literature. The tradition of publishing interviews with popular film personalities in ""Shama"" is very old. This book presents a few selected interviews from 'Shama'. Through these interviews, the readers will get acquainted with the thoughts and viewpoints of many eminent personalities of the film world and will get a picture of the adversities faced by them throughout their private and professional lives, as well as the traditions and values of a changing society.

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After 'Chitra' magazine (Lahore), no other periodical gained national fame for film magazines except the New Delhi monthly 'Shama', which started its publication in 1939. The founder of this magazine was Yousuf Dehlavi, who maintained the high literary standards of film journalism along with Urdu literature. Man Mohan Talkh, Film critic.

After 'Chitra' magazine (Lahore), no other periodical gained national fame for film magazines except the New Delhi monthly 'Shama', which started its publication in 1939. The founder of this magazine was Yousuf Dehlavi, who maintained the high literary standards of film journalism along with Urdu literature. Man Mohan Talkh, Film critic.

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Syed Mukarram Niyaz, a writer and journo from Hyderabad, working as a Civil Engineer, started many websites to promote Urdu language in new generation of Urdu speakers. Mukarram has a long history of love with language and literature, for the past 25 years He is writing essays and short stories for different Urdu newspapers and magazines.

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