{"id":10071,"date":"2025-10-13T12:20:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/?post_type=product&#038;p=10071"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:59:40","slug":"amitabh-bachchan-as-the-other","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/product\/amitabh-bachchan-as-the-other\/","title":{"rendered":"AMITABH BACHCHAN AS THE OTHER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"oMainBlock\" class=\"section visible-lg-block visible-md-block visible-sm-block visible-xs-block\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"ot-mainblock\" class=\"visible-lg-block visible-md-block visible-sm-block visible-xs-block col-lg-12 col-lg-reset col-md-12 col-md-reset col-sm-12 col-sm-reset col-xs-12 col-xs-reset\">\n<div class=\"row visible-lg-block visible-md-block visible-sm-block visible-xs-block \">\n<div id=\"ot-main\" class=\"visible-lg-block visible-md-block visible-sm-block visible-xs-block col-lg-12 col-lg-reset col-md-12 col-md-reset col-sm-12 col-sm-reset col-xs-12 col-xs-reset\">\n<div class=\"productdetails-view productdetails\">\n<div class=\"vm-product-tab\" role=\"tabpanel\">\n<div class=\"tab-content\">\n<div id=\"vm-product-desc-container\" class=\"tab-pane fade in active\" role=\"tabpanel\">\n<div class=\"product-description\">\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<p>Veteran film critic, author, and film scholar Shoma A Chatterji has written thirty-two books to date, with over sixteen focusing on various aspects of Indian cinema. She is a two-time recipient of the National Award for Best Writing on Cinema, earning the titles of Best Film Journalist of the Year in 1991 and Best Book on Cinema in 2002. Recognized for her substantial contributions to gender and cinema, Chatterji has been honoured with numerous lifetime achievement awards. Among her more popular works are insightful perspectives of notable figures such as Aparna Sen, Suchitra Sen, Bimal Roy, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, and Pramathesh Barua.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3>About the Book<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;Amitabh Bachchan As The Other&#8217; by Shoma A Chatterji is not a biographical study of the actor. Beyond the persistent \u2018angry young man\u2019 label, Chatterji contends that Bachchan&#8217;s cinematic prowess defies stereotypes, aligning him more closely with the intriguing concept of \u2018The Other.\u2019 This \u2018Other\u2019 challenges norms, demands our attention, holds us responsible for our actions, and prompts a reconsideration of our understanding of the world. To substantiate this thesis, Chatterji meticulously examines fifteen of Bachchan\u2019s classic performances spanning two decades, from Anand to Agneepath. The other films in this study include Parwana, Zanjeer, Saudagar, Namak Haram, Abhimaan, Deewaar, Sholay, Amar Akbar Anthony, Don, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Shakti, Coolie, and Main Azaad Hoon. In the chapter titled \u2018Othering the Other,\u2019 we witness a mellow Bachchan embracing roles he never thought possible in his youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[102,69],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10071","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art-culture","7":"product_cat-new-arrivals","8":"pa_book-author-shoma-a-chatterji","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=10071"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crisscrosssolutions.in\/Vitasta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=10071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}