Darlingji: The True Love Story of Nargis and Sunil Dutt

Author: Kishwar DesaiPublisher: HarperCollinsYear: 2007Language: EnglishPages: 442ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788172236977 DescriptionIn the late nineteenth century, in a small village in northern India, a thirteen-year-old Brahmin widow meets a Muslim sarangi player and elopes with him. Many years later, their daughter Jaddanbai moves to Bombay and becomes a star of the early talkies. Ch?teau Marine, her home on Marine Drive, is famous for its evening mehfils and for the dreams, it nurtures: regular visitors include Dilip Kumar, Mehboob and Kamal Amrohi. It is also the home of Fatima, Jaddanbai's daughter, who will set the screen ablaze as Nargis, the most accomplished actress of her time.Far removed from this world of glamour, a young boy named Balraj Dutt spends his teenage years attempting to rehabilitate himself and his family after the trauma of Partition. In 1950, at the age of twenty, he arrives in Bombay. And there his life takes an unexpected turn: he is given the lead role in