Updated On: 08 August, 2020 04:25 PM IST | Mumbai | Partnered Content

In an Interview, Senior Most Journalist carrying 54 years long career, Krishna Mohan Srivastava said: “Among all the books written on the history of Indian Cinema, this is the most authentic and best book, which I have written on Indian Cinema. Anyone who wrote about Indian Cinema before never gathered any vital information on Indian Cinema, they only focused on gossip, controversies and romantic encounters of actors and actresses. Such books focused on after release information of the films at that time. What went behind the formation of several Legendary film companies was never written by anyone or known to any person until the launch of this book. In the book, people will get to know the new and important information on actors, singers and actresses of that time, whether the father of Indian Cinema Dada Saheb Phalke, Dada Saheb RG Torne, PR Chitnis, Dilip Kumar, Asha Bhosale, Lata Mangeshkar, Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Raj Kapoor, Himanshu Rai, Devika Rani, Mehmood, Madhubala, Leela Chitnis, P Jairaj, Devid and many more.”
The book Bombay Talkies - Pillar of Indian Cinema is about the contribution of Bombay Talkies to the entertainment world of the Indian film industry. Senior film journalist Krishna Mohan Srivastava has authored the last edition of Bombay Talkies - Pillar of Indian Cinema, which he wrote in 2018. His first of the book was published in the year of 1976 by legendary Actor Pran and the second edition in 1989. In the 52nd year of his journalism career, he wrote the 3rd edition of the book on Bombay Talkies in 2018 after the demand of million cinema lovers, The launch Ceremony of the book was headed by the grandson of the father of Indian Cinema Dada Saheb Phalke, Mr Chandra Shekhar Pusalkar Phalke.