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Details: Published: 05 April 2022; Last Updated: 06 April 2022

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professor toofaanii publishers is happy to announce their 35th book

ALI(VE) in Bits And Pieces by Ali Peter John.

In this book, the well-known editor of Screen Weekly for 48 years, Ali Peter John describes his life, his 'strange' name, his early life of utter deprivation and misery, the life and death of his parents, and the dire circumstances in which he completed his education. He describes how he happened to send a postcard to the famous Indian writer Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and his subsequent employment in Blitz and Screen. He ends his poignant story with his thoughts on God, Humanity, Life and Death. All in all an engrossing book.

This is the second edition of his earlier autobiography, Life in Bits and Pieces, a bestseller translated into many languages.

Ali Peter John has had several problems with his name. He does not have a ration card, nor does he have a passport, all because of his odd-sounding name. He is an M. A. in English literature from the Bombay University, but he believes that he has learnt more in the University of Abbas than he has learnt at the university.
He was writing for India's prominent film magazine Screen for forty-eight long years and his column, Ali's Notes, has been accepted as a landmark by the film industry and readers who has been following him. He has written in almost all the newspapers and magazines of India on a variety of subjects about films. He has published twenty books during the last twenty years in his own way. The most prominent book according to him is his autobiography, Life-Bits and Pieces, which had its cover designed by the renowned painter M. F. Husain, the autobiography has also been translated in various languages. His circle of friends includes all the legends and down to .
He has been living his own simple life without expecting anything from life. He is now writing for a leading Hindi film magazine Mayapuri and at 71, he writes at least two articles every day. He hopes to write till he can no longer write.

The book is in English, 6" by 9", 68 pages.

AMAZON US

The first ten pages can be read here

Details: Published: 06 March 2023; Last Updated: 06 March 2023

NOTE: The book is available on the following websites

Amazon.com (and other Amazons), pothi.com, notionpress.com, Amazon.in, soon on flipkart.com

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professor toofaanii publishers, Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 48th book

Lyricists of Hindi Cinema
by
Jawed Hamid and
Gajendra Khanna

This book is about the lyricists of Hindi cinema. It was earlier published in Hindi by Jawed Hamid. It has been translated into English by Gajendra Khanna. It not only includes well-known ones but also those lyricists who have written less but have given memorable songs to the listeners. The authors spent a lot of time researching and collecting details about those lyricists to incorporate their information. We hope the readers will find this rare information useful.

Paperback, 6 by 9 in, 162 pages, price Rs 650 (India), $9.95 (US).

First ten pages may be read here

Now You Know!

Details: Published: 19 August 2022; Last Updated: 19 August 2022

professor toofaani publishers, Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 40th book

Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast IV (1943-1946) by

Sheo Khetan and Prof Surjit Singh

6 by 9, 168 pages, BW interior, Color Cover

How many times have you wanted to know how the actors in old movies looked like? Of course, we are all familiar with the famous ones, Saigal, Ashok Kumar, Lila Chitnis, Madhubala. But how about many others whose names appear in the film cast and filmographies? This book is an attempt put faces to their names. We have taken films from 1943 to 1946 whose videos are in our collection and captured pictures of the cast and included almost 850 pictures.

First few pages may be read here