WHEN ARDH SATYA MET HIMMATWALA THE MANY LIVES OF 1980s' BOMBAY CINEMA

The 1980s. In Hindi cinema, it was the decade of the dark and powerful police

drama Ardh Satya. It was the decade of the kitschy excess of the action comedy

Himmatwala. It was a decade of opposites.

It was a time when the best of NewWave 2.0 won acclaim and awards across the

globe, and B-grade'sex films' drew crowds into rundown small-town theatres;

when ridiculous lyrics set to'disco music' created massive chartbusters, and the

poetry of Kabir, Tulsidas and Faiz also found space in film songs.

It...