Love and Longing in Hindi Cinema

Contents: 1. Then and now. 2. A many splendoured thing. 3. Sex and sensuality: Vis a vis European cinema. 4. Teri Bindya Re. 5. The death of romance. 6. Kiss Sutra. 7. Love and lust. 8. The new heroine. 9. The face of Melancholy. 10. Ae Meri Zohrajabeen. 11. Tracking romance down the decades through 11 famous love songs. 12. Gaata Rahe Mera Dil. 13. Unrequited love. 14. Once upon a wedding night. 15. Crimes of passion. 16. Stock lust metaphors. 17. Love and laughter. Acknowledgement.