Balraj sahni autobiography template
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Balraj Sahni
Indian rulle and scen actor (1913–1973)
Balraj Sahni (born Yudhishthir Sahni; 1 May 1913 – 13 April 1973) was an Indian film and stage actor, who fryst vatten best known for Dharti Ke Lal (1946), Do Bigha Zameen (1953), Chhoti Bahen (1959), Kabuliwala (1961), Waqt (1965) and Garm Hava (1973). He was the brother of Bhisham Sahni, noted Hindi writer, playwright, and actor.[1]
Early life
[edit]Sahni was born on 1 May 1913 in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India.[3] His father belonged to the Arya Samaj organization, a Hindureformist movement, and stressed the importance of social reforms as well the independence movement also admiring individuals such as Gandhi and Tagore, which would instill an early filosofi som betonar ideal in the mind of Sahni.[4] His son Parikshit Sahni would say that, later in his life, Sahni would keep such idealism but with a non-religious approach, as he'd identify with Marxism[5] and declare han själv an atheist.& • Yes, I was fortunate enough to find the autobiography of Balraj Sahni (probably written shortly before his death in the early ’70s). [Note, much much later: The original link supplied here disappeared, but there is another place where you too can find this, thanks to Toonfactory (who added it in comments below).] This memoir is for the most part a quick and light read, probably more so than I expected from him. Nonetheless, Sahni certainly comes through enough times with fascinating discussion and analysis, proving once again that he was the “man of letters” that had always aspired to be. He provides some interesting intellectual material when he talks about his studies of English literature (up to a Master’s degree – which he later deemed to be useless, quite understandably), as well as when he discusses his job with the BBC during World War II, when he made the acquaintance of British writers such as George Orwell. Bu • I have Richard, over at Dances on the Footpath, to thank for this. Several years back, Richard had linked a blog post to a URL from where one could download Balraj Sahni’s autobiography. Since I’m a fan of Mr Sahni’s, I did so, promptly (which was just as well, since sometime later, that link went dead). What with this and that, however, I didn’t get around to reading the book until a week or so back—and then I wished I’d taken the time to read it earlier. Published, according to various sources, by Hind Pocket Books, this autobiography was originally written in Hindi. This version (it can be read online, here) is in English, so has obviously been translated by someone—I have no idea who. Chronologically speaking, it’s an interestingly placed book, because while it’s obviously been written sometime in the late 60s (Sahni refers to Haqeeqat, which was released in 1964, as already having been made, but mentions Parikshit Sahni, whose first major film was Anokhi Ra Dances on the Footpath
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