Entries from June 2009

June 13, 2009

Movies I’ll be covering in the book

Here’s a list of the movies that I will be covering in the book on AK. Any comments are welcome.
The films have been chosen on the basis of their impact on Hindi cinema.
So, here I go with my list…
1. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
2. Raakh
3. Dil
4. Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin
5. Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander
6. Hum [...]

June 6, 2009

How the book got its name

I’d been thinking of a name for the book for sometime. But, most of the names I’d thought about got shot down by fellow strategists MR and NG.
Then, one morning when I was in the middle of meeting at work, my editor SK called. The book was going into the catalogue, and they needed to [...]

June 6, 2009

One step forward

The project brief has moved one step forward now. It’s on Aamir’s manager desk now. She’s also asked me to send across a copy of Ginger Soda Lemon Pop. So my first novel is becoming important in more ways than one, and may just end up being the deciding factor.
Meanwhile, Juhi’s office seem to be [...]

June 3, 2009

Project brief on the way

Sometimes something’s gotta give. That’s what happened over the last two day.
After the despondence of my last post, Aamir’s secretary messaged late in the night. She finally sent me an email ID to which I could send my project brief.
I ran over the proposal that I had created to interest Om Books in the idea [...]

June 1, 2009

A hard day’s night

It’s been a hard day with the book today.
After a vacation that’s been a couple of months long, Aamir Khan is back in his office… And I spent most of the day trying to get in touch with his secretary Minaxi.
Seven unanswered calls later, scattered through course of the day alongside my day day [...]