Book Review : How I Got Lucky by Farhad J Dadyburjor
On
the jacket:
A
satire on the entertainment world set against the frenzied buzz of Mumbai city
I
was with Lucky... Lucky Star. He showed me what he was wearing to the Cannes
Film Festival. He's given me an Exclusive.
Raman
Malhotra is thirty five, uninitiated in the matters of love, and endlessly
confused about his sexuality. A journalist with The Weekly, his search for
front page scoops come to a screeching halt when his assigned the Bollywood
beat. Throw into the mix the shenanigans of an overpowering lesbian
photographer, a dirt-swapping PR queen, a webcam model doling out sexual
favours, and a rising Bollywood star.
Raman's
blah existence is dramatically thrown off-kilter when he finds himself being
pursued and courted by the bisexual king of Bollywood, Lucky Star. Puckered
into a world of celebrity, malicious gossip, and meaningless shags Raman
wrestles with his sense of self, ideas of love, and the monstrous caricatures
of entertainment.
Now,
Review Time –
Author has written in very impressive way as he is writing from past few years. He knows industry very well. He has taken everything in book what all happens in film industry, be it rumors or anything else. You will feel you are watching any Bollywood gossip show on television.
It is a story about protagonist Raman Malhotra, a 35-year-old journalist working for The Weekly (a daily tabloid!), whose sword is mightier than his pen. It is this highlight that catches the fancy of Bollywood’s blockbuster actor Lucky Star, and he and Raman begin a clandestine affair. I will not go in details as I don’t want to be spoiler. You better read book.
The characters are very well scripted.
You will feel like you know them already. Sometimes you will feel like you are
one of the industry insiders. :P
This book is hilarious ride. You are
going to enjoy the book. I would like to recommend it 3.5 out of 5. It worths a
read.
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