Chapter One – I’ll do it my way

As most of you know, I’ve been working on this book backwards – starting with Aamir’s latest films and moving to his early films. The interviews happen as my celebrities are ready for them… Though I’ve been trying to speak to most of the people on my interview list from Day One.
Chapter Four and Chapter [...]

Dersu Uzala & the circle of life: A Kurosawa moment

I finally got down to watching Dersu Uzala the other day. While Rashomon remains my favourite Akira Kurosawa film, Dersu Uzala comes a second close, even as it brings the epic form alive against the spectacular Siberian countryside. I would recommend this film to those who are admirers of the work of Kurosawa, and also [...]

Looking forward to my next interview…

I rarely talk about an interview before I do it. This has more to do with the fact that I am always really scared that something will go terribly wrong if I do
But I am a little excited about my next interview. It’s a telcon with Farhan Akhtar on the making of Dil [...]

Kreativ Blogger Award

I returned to my blog after a couple of months, and my dashboard showed me that there was an incoming link to my blog from Anupama’s blog. When I investigated, I discovered that Anupama had chosen me for her Kreativ Blogger Award.
Thanks Anupama! Though you seem to have given me the award in July, I’ve discovered [...]

Pre-release media publicity for the book

Some pre-release publicity for the book in The Sunday Mid-day that was featured in both Bombay and Bangalore. To read it, click here
The interview was done at my publisher’s request.  I was not completely happy with the outcome as it calls the book a biography, which it isn’t. Secondly, it also requests comments from Aamir’s office before [...]

The Writer’s Space

The good part of the last year has seen me involved with studying Aamir Khan’s cinematic work for my current writing project. But this has also, for the first time, made me very aware of the writer’s space.
Even as writers are completely involved with their subjects, they also need to have their own space that [...]

Pondicherry: The stillness of being

I arrive in Pondicherry again. It must be at least five years since the last time I visited. As in the case of my previous three visits, I arrive here once again when my spirit needs reviving.
Amongst other things, my work on my book has taken me through many twists and turns, and I face [...]

Update on the book…

I’ve been away from my blog for awhile, but that’s mainly bacause I have been working on the different twists and the turns that the writing of this book has taken.
Most of the key interviews on the book have been finished now, as has the writing of important chapters.
I am now waiting for the last [...]