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7:30pm|BOOK DISCUSSION|Delhi 4 Shows by Ziya Us Salam, film and literary critic of The Hindu. Since the days of veteran directors like Sohrab Modi and Mehboob Khan and actors like Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar, Delhi had a thriving single-screen theater culture. While some halls reserved a box for families, others seated women in an exclusive enclosure, or reserved aisle seats for the specially -abled, or gave first preference to members of our defense forces. From Dr Rajendra Prasad, Dr Sarvepalli Rahakrishnan, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to Rajiv Gandhi the who's who of Indian politics too had their favorite hall. Single theaters in Delhi were part of India's freedom struggle, and had sociological phenomenon. While most talkies still provide the common man his preferred mode of entertainment, these halls shall soon become a thing of the past, overrun by unrelenting multiplex boon , Delhi 4 Shows-Talkies of yesteryear is a clarion call to preserve Delhi's single-screen theatre culture and the halls that are sentinels of the city's cultural and historical heritage. Followed by a panel discussion on Single Screen: Are They Delhi's Heritage?? Panelists: Danish Iqbal, theatre and radio veteran, Dipa Chaudhuri, Om Books International editor-in-chief & Ziya Us Salam, film and literary critic. http://www.eventincity.com/event/622/BOOK-DISCUSSION-in-Delhi

This article examines the character of Tyler Durden with an a discussion of a comparison of film to literature and the issues confront Hollywood in the past 15 years. The article takes an interesting stance on the aim of literary criticism, using a similarity between character transformation and medium transformation as a criticism of the medium transformation, not just the artistic one within the novel and/or film.

What does the word "Mafia" remind you of? Bloodshed, violence or mysteries? Though the Mafia represents a criminal organization, it is always a hot subject for movies, TV plays, literary works and games. A grey hat, a trim suit, glum eyes… All these help the Mafia make a deep impression. Today, let's raise the mysterious veil of this terrifying organization - the Mafia!

Lifestyle Like the common knowledge of saying health is wealth, in our modern world filled with fast food, and technologies so advance would enable you to do literary anything just by a click on the phone which means we hardly do anything more healthy in our life. So the crucial of living healthy life nowadays …

Guan Moye (known as Mo Yan in literary world) is a Chinese novelist and short-story writer. Explore Mo Yan biography to know about Net Worth, Height, Weight, Rumour, Age, Relationship and More...