{"product_id":"9789352770434","title":"Scene: 75","description":"A no-holds-barred expose of the Hindi film industry's sordid underbelly.    Ali Amjad comes from Benares to make it as a scriptwriter in Bombay, only to experience the absurd and tragic reality behind the film world's glamour as he navigates through it with his fellow strugglers.    A short, fascinating novel set in the Bombay of the 1970s, Rahi Masoom Raza's Scene: 75 is a crazy kaleidoscope of stories within stories populated by a cast of extraordinary and memorable - but also cynical and manipulative - characters, from struggling directors and wealthy lesbians to film-obsessed social climbers and sleazy producers. In this irreverent, surreal, deeply satirical and darkly humorous work, the author's biting prose takes an unflinching look at both Hindu-Muslim and class relations, as well as at how human ties corrode and wither because of ambition and self-interest.    Superbly translated by Poonam Saxena, this lost classic from Rahi Masoom Raza rips off the tinsel curtain that hides the film industry's hypocrisy, insecurity and desperation for success. It is a novel that will delight and disturb in equal measure.","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers India","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175320010992,"sku":"9789352770434","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789352770434_p0.jpg?v=1763674700","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789352770434","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}