Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India by Yasser Usman
Yasser Usman . Unknown Year . English
In the 1970s, Rajesh Khanna achieved the kind of fame that no film star had ever experienced before-or has since. But then he saw it all vanish. They say superstardom destroyed him. But was it something else buried deep in his past? In this riveting biography, award winning journalist Yasser Usman examines Rajesh Khanna's dramatic, colourful life in its entirety: from little-known facts about his childhood to the low-down on his relationships and rivalries, from his ambitious hopes to his deep-seated insecurities. What emerges is a tantalizingly written, meticulously researched chronicle of a fascinating and mercurial man-one who was both loved and feared by those closest to him. It is a story that encapsulates the glittering, seductive, cut-throat world of Bollywood at its best and its worst.
Categories: Literary Fiction
About the Author
Yasser Usman has been a television journalist and presenter for over 20 years. He has extensively worked on Bollywood, crime and investigative news-based shows which have won him several News Television (NT) awards. He has also been a recipient of the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism. His columns have appeared in esteemed publications like Hindustan Times, Khaleej Times, The Hindu and the BBC. As one of India’s most loved film biographers, Yasser has authored bestselling books such as Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India’s First Superstar, Rekha: The Untold Story, Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood's Bad Boy and Guru Dutt: An Unfinished Story. He has recently published his first work of fiction, a crime novel AS DARK AS BLOOD. He currently divides his time between Delhi and London.
