{"product_id":"an-epic-life","title":"An Epic Life","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn 25 January 1987, with the telecast of the very first episode of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRamayan,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Indian television changed for all time to come. In a matter of weeks, the series became a national obsession. During the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRamayan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e slot, roads emptied out. No marriages and political rallies were scheduled for that time. More than three decades later, there has been nothing to match it.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRamanand Sagar, the man behind the phenomenon and a successful filmmaker from Bombay, was among the first to recognise the immense power of television. He first made his mark as a writer in Raj Kapoor's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarsat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1949). From 1961 to 1970, Sagar wrote, produced and directed six consecutive silver jubilee hits-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGhunghat, Zindagi, Arzoo, Ankhen, Geet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLalkar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn Epic Life: Ramanand Sagar,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom Barsaat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRamayan,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e written by his son, Prem Sagar, an award-winning cinematographer, is an intimate look at the life of a visionary. It traces Sagar's life from his birth in Kashmir in 1917, his dramatic escape in 1947 when Pakistani tribesmen attacked the state, his arrival in Bombay and his subsequent glorious career-the crowning achievement of which was the smashing success of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRamayan.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Best of Used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44270280114433,"sku":"2VCWXKPVL-Used","price":150.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/files\/BCHDBA8YCVGD.jpg?v=1699875474","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/an-epic-life","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}