The Desai Trio and The Movie Industry of India

About the Book

This book explores the careers of three creative men whose artistic and technical work was essential to the success of leading films of the day in India. It tells the moving stories of three family members: Vasant Desai (1912 – 1975); Sadanand Desai (1916 – 1985); and Mangesh Desai (1923 – 1985). In addition to documenting the historic contributions of the Desai Trio to the Indian film industry, Nilu Gavankar provides details about their professional lives that highlight their multifaceted talents. The personal approach of this book makes two especially significant contributions to the historical understand of the history of North Indian film. First, it describes the contributions of three immensely important participants in the film industry. Second, it presents background information that sheds light on the conditions that facilitated the extraordinary upsurge of creative productivity among Indian filmmakers in the mid twentieth century. By Prof. Michael H. Hoffheimer University of Mississippi School of Law Oxford, Mississippi, USA

About the Author

Nilu Gavankar has three previously published books in the Marathi language in India and Man on the Moon and Please Dance with Me in the U.S. with Dorrance Publishing co. She holds Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Bombay India and the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from the Golden Gate University, San Francisco. She is a retired Project Controls Engineer who worked for more than twenty five years for a U.S. Engineering Construction Co. She has produced, and composed music in the movie industry of India.