Remember the first time the illustrious Mangeshkar sister sang together? Or the time when music composer, poet and lyricist Gulzar was prohibited from singing his own song? And do you know who was supposed to step into the famous actress Madhubala's shoes in Mughal - e- Azam? Replete with little - known facts about the actors, actresses, directors, producers, composers and lyricists of the path - breaking films of the 50's and 60's, a period rightly qualified as the Golden Years of Bollywood, this book, rich with anecdotes is an important records of cinematic history that examines the changing trends in Hindi films, right from the times of Alam Ara to films like Lagaan and Tare Zameen Par vis films like Pyaasa, Do Bigah Zamin, Mughal-e-azam, sholay and the rest.