Balaji Vittal, co-author of the National Film Award-winning R.D. Burman: The Man, The Music (2011), the MAMI Award-winning Gaata Rahe Mera Dil – 50 Classic Hindi Film Songs (2015), and the highly acclaimed S.D. Burman: The Prince-Musician (2018) is now out with his new book Pure Evil – The Bad Men of Bollywood (2022).
A graduate in Civil Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata-born Balaji Vittal has spent all his years writing about movies and while most authors choose to focus only on the superstars, Balaji views the villains with affection and respect and credits for making Bollywood movies so engaging and entertaining.