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It has been a while since I read a Ravi Subramanian novel. I have been a fan of his work since his first novel. His writing style, his characterisations, the tension he builds up – everything is top notch. And so when Ravi decides to "present" an author, it was something I was looking forward to. "Body of Work" is written by Mansi Babbar and presented by Ravi Subramanian. With a length of only 166 pages, this one was a quick read. Here's my take on the novel.   PLOT The basic plot revolves around my favorite theme – BOLLYWOOD. And so it was only natural I would pick this book. The story revolves basically around two characters – a journalist named Raina and a superstar actress named Hera. While the entire world raves about Hera, her acting, her stardom and her generous contribution to the film world, Raina thinks otherwise. She thinks Hera is not at all what she presents to the entire world. Infact, she thinks she is more twisted than what others ass...

  I have always liked reading novels and watching movies based on wars, especially the second world war. As a child, I remember being fascinated by Readers Digest when they had an entire collection published about secret stories of the second world war. As I grew up, I realized that I missed these war stories. Debutante writer Prateek Singh chooses to focus on the recent war, an area that has been relatively less explored as far as novels have been concerned. And so, it was only delightful and commendable to see the amount of efforts he has put in to write this novel. PLOT The plot revolves less around individual characters, but more around how the US – Iraq war affects people physically and mentally. And so we have a character who fights with his inner demons because he knows he has killed innocent people in a moment of anger. Then there is another character who is being hunted by terrorist as well as secret agencies of the world because of classified information she suppo...

  When it comes to business management and stuff, I shy away, because I believe I am simply not someone made for doing business. However, when it comes to movies, I believe I am someone who was born to be a movie lover. So when I came upon this book which proclaimed to provide "Movies & management lessons for dreamers", more than anything I was curious to see what this book offered. Also, the description of the author Lakshmi Narayana read – "Business leader plus movie enthusiast". And so I decided to give this book a try. THE PLOT  First things first – this is a non-fiction book. Broadly, it is a book containing lessons regarding business management, pitching, how to be a successful enterpreneur, etc. However instead of taking the conventional preachy route, author Lakshmi Narayana takes up a rather interesting route of explaining things with numerous references of movies.   It is a novel concept, and I really loved it. This is a method to increase th...

  2022 was a solid year as far as Hindi music was concerned. There were less crappy remakes compared to last year. Or maybe I finally learnt how to ignore those completely. For me, Amit Trivedi takes the cake for being the composer of the year. No one has utilized the COVID lockdown and the post-covid period better than Amit Trivedi. I mean, just look at the amount of music he has composed in the last 2 and a half years! And I don't count only films. I am counting every single song he has composed for "AT AZAAD", his latest music album "Jadu Salona" and one   lovely Gujarati film album titled "Prem Prakaran". When I was just beginning to fear that he had become repetitive, he proved me wrong with that banger of an OST titled "QALA".   Another noteworthy composer this year was Achint Thakkar with his fabulous and wacky "Monica O My Darling". Talking about lyricists, I have to mention that genius named Varun Grover for his wor...