HACH MAZA MARG

HACH MAZA MARG IS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SACHIN, A POPULAR NAME IN INDIAN FILM INDUSTRY. SACHIN MADE HIS DEBUT IN THE FILMDOM THROUGH A MARATHI FILM IN 1963 AT THE AGE OF FOUR, WHICH WON THE NATIONAL AWARD FOR THE BEST CHILD ARTIST. (HE WON IT AGAIN FOR A SECOND TIME NINE YEARS LATER.) THERE HAS BEEN NO LOOKING BACK FOR HIM IN THE LAST FIVE DECADES. HE HAS NOT BEEN ONLY AN ACTOR BUT HE HAS PROVED HIMSELF AS A SUCCESSFUL PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY WRITER, EDITOR, MUSIC DIRECTOR. BESIDES THE CELLULOID WORLD HE HAS ALSO MADE HIS MARK IN THEATRE, ON SMALL SCREEN, STAGE SHOWS AND REALITY SHOWS CONCERNING TALENT HUNTING. SACHIN ENTERED THE FILM WORLD AT A TIME WHEN THE THEN MAJOR HERO’S – RAJ KAPOOR, DILIPKUMAR AND DEV ANAND HAD CROSSED THEIR PRIME. INITIALLY WHILE A NEW GENERATION OF TALENTED ACTORS WAS EMERGING, SACHIN MAINLY PLAYED SUPPORTING ROLES. HE SHOT TO FAME AS A PROMINENT ACTOR IN ANKHIYONKE JHAROKHESE, GEET GATA CHAL, AND NADIAKE PAAR. HIS ROLES IN SHOLAY AND TRISHUL WERE ALSO MEMORABLE. AFTER AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER IN HINDI, SACHIN TURNED TO MARATHI WHEN HE PRODUCED AND DIRECTED SOME COMMERCIAL SUPER HIT FILMS. HE PLAYED A LEADING ROLE IN THESE FILMS. HACH MAZA MARG IS NOT SIMPLY AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A STAR TRACING PERSONAL LIFE. THROUGH ITS ANECDOTAL STYLE OF NARRATION IT PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO, THOUGH IN PART, A LONG PHASE IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN CINEMA INDUSTRY, WHICH SAW THE RISE OF THE STAR SYSTEM, HOW SOME EMINENT DIRECTORS WORKED, ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTION OF SOME SUCCESSFUL FILMS, AND NOVEL PROMOTIONAL TECHNIQUES.