I am often asked how was the experience of doing three books on the millennium star Amitabh Bachchan and I am always flustered how to respond to this question. The fact is that all the three books were unplanned and they happened I guess because they had to happen.
The first Amitabh Bachchan : The Legend released in 1999 is a chronicle on the superstar. It was the first biography in the form of conversation and followed the life and career of the superstar looking at all the highs, the lows and all the milestones that shaped his career. A candid, compassionate story of a sensitive man and a brilliant actor…
The second Bachchanalia released in 2009 is a documentation of all his film posters decorated with filmography and trivia featuring his costars and filmmakers. It was an impressively produced book and a collector’s item for all Bachchan fans.
The third, Amitabh Lexicon released in 2011 is a book I am extremely proud of, a compilation of selective words from the alphabets of the English language associated with different scenes from the actor’s body of work – scenes where he made you cry, laugh and all shook up. The book is a celebration of Bachchan’s magnificent and extensive body of work.
There is one more book that rests within my heart but I don’t know when I will write it, my observations of Bachchan the man behind the actor.
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