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This first collection of short stories are deeply personal in nature, all located in Mumbai — its folds and seams — which the writer has explored all his life. Familial bonds or the lack of them, an intimate dekko at a media group’s machinations, a close study of the Irani community which is fast vanishing in the metropolis, the underworld and the staggeringly bold new world of sexual relationships sparked by websites—are just some of the narratives, with a twist in the tale.
Khalid Mohamed started as a teenaged reviewer for the film society magazine Close-up.hen then covered crime, politics and the arts for Mumbai’s Times of India from the mid-1970s on, engaged in daily reporting and film criticism.His reviews for nearly two decades in the Times were feared for their forthrightness. Apointed Media Editor of the paper,he was next Editor of Filmfare for nearly a decade.Simultaneously, he retained his portfolio as the daily’s film critic.
During his 27 years at the Times of India,he reviewed television for Economic Times, besides contributing articles to The Illustrated Weekly of India and Femina. His writing has also featured in India Today, Indian Express, Stardust, Society, in the international film weekly Variety and in London”s Sunday Observer.Subsequently,he was associated with the television film programmes “Movie Mahal”on Britain’s Channel 4 and “Portraits of Directors “ for Doordarshan.
He was film critic for Mid-Day, Senior Editor of DNA newspaper, and National Culture Editor and film critic for the Hindustan Times.Currently, he is Consulting Editor to the Deccan Chronicle media group.
He wrote TO B or Not to B, a book on Amitabh Bachchan five years ago, and has translated eminent painter MF Husain’s autobiography from Hindustani to English.
He has written the original stories and screenplays for three Shyam Benegal films: Mammo, Sardari Begum and Zubeida.He wrote the original stories and screenplays and also directed the films FIZA,TEHZEEB and SILSILAAY.
He debuted recently as a playwright and director of the stageplay Kennedy Bridge.
ISBN - 9789381607091
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Pages : 275
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