of the world of Indian Cinema:

Madness is part of this art-industry –its fantabulous star prices, its larger-than-life figures

of success and its grimmer-than-death failures. Money makes the film, but money alone cannot write the screenplay, money alone cannot act, money alone cannot adjust the lens that lends beauty and glamour to the famous and glamorous star faces. Money is everything. But money is nothing! (5)

Like an adapt film personality Abbas chooses the terms drawn from the cinematography techniques to label various parts of the book. The book begins with the first part titled Three Fade-outs followed by the second labeled as Eight Close-ups, the third as One Planning Shot, the fourth called Six Long Shots, the fifth as Four Film- Land Fables and the sixth as Three Dream- Sequences.It is a book that depicts sketches of the stars of Indian Cinema, especially the Bollywood actors, the issues of Indian film industry of his time and the complexities involved in film production which he himself encountered. In this book Abbas very categorically describes his objective of film – making. He states:

Human destiny in its social setting has been my special preoccupation- some may call it my obsession. Whether doing my weekly column, writing short stories and novels, scripting screen plays for other producers, or writing, directing and producing my own films, I have been involved with the themes of social transformation and social justice. (63)

Abbas was consciously pursuing his progressive thought in all his creative endeavors. He never felt shy in admitting his socialist leanings. In fact,