New Delhi World book Fair is entering the 40th year of its foundation.
The show is well organized by the National Book Trust (NBT), an
autonomous organisation founded in 1957 by the first prime minister
Jawaharlal Nehru under the Ministry of HRD, Govt of India as the
national body for book publishing and book promotion. Taking forward their trend of offering theme-based international rights
exhibition, the fair, this time, will have a right exhibition on Indian
cinema. “This time, there would an international right exhibition of
books on Indian cinema which is poised to complete 100 years in 2013,”
added Kumar Vikram, editor, NBT and project in-charge of the Theme. “The
exhibition seeks to find a connect with the points-of-view that the
world of books and that of cinema present to the reader as well as the
audience who may be, many a time, one and the same. It is our sustained
effort to find a connect between the popular culture and the book
culture” he added. Books published in English and all Indian languages
in their original language edition on Indian cinema, actors, actresses,
directors, producers, music composers, lyricists and the vast array of
unknown personalities who have enriched this powerful medium would form a
part of this show. “A rights catalogue would also be produced for the
books displayed during the show and these catalogues would also be
available as priced editions,” added Vikram.
