Yasser Usman, award-winning journalist and biographer, created a stir along with his latest book, Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood’s Bad Boy. The biography, which is based largely on secondary recorded information, strains Dutt's non-public life and his journey via Bollywood. It also reveals some unflattering facts in regards to the actor, a proven fact that agitated Sanjay enough to make some noise after the book emerged, although he quietened down quickly enough.
Usman's narrative is going beyond being a larger-than-life tribute to a film star. More than the rest, it tells the story of a father's unflinching religion in his son, and the son's adamant refusal to behave responsibly. It also talks a few mom's blind religion in and immense love for her son and the way even after demise, she controlled to tug him back from the edge and saved his life. Sanjay Dutt's roller-coaster journey of a life, as explored by means of Usman, unearths a decent and refreshing depiction in the book. From dealing with boarding school to his mom's demise, substance abuse and serial relationships, Sanju has skilled all of it, but refused to clean up his acts or take duty. Usman's portrait of Sanjay as a person, the anti-hero of his personal life, is brilliantly sketched, thereby offering a humane touch to the narrative -- a device voluntarily lost sight of in different biographies.
The book is a meticulously researched testament to a Bollywood star's life and times and reveals some unknown and shocking anecdotes. From his involvement in a taking pictures spree in Pali Hill to heroin smuggling in the United States to illegal possession of fingers all through the Mumbai blasts -- the biography turns out to show so much many facets of Sanjay Dutt than what a first-person memoir would do. Yasser Usman's biography of Sanjay Dutt is a must-read for all those blinded by means of the glitter and glamour of Bollywood's tainted biopics. Earlier, Yasser Usman wrote 'Rekha: The Untold Story' and 'Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India's first famous person'.
How critics view the book:
The Week writes in a assessment, "Biographer Yasser Usman's exploration about Sanjay's roller-coaster life makes you explore the vulnerable side of the star, whom the writer calls 'the man-child who never grew up'."
Journalist Aaqib Raza Khan writes, "Yasser Usman has crafted a seemingly transparent profile of an actor whose entire life, throughout his career, has been virtually dissected and let bare by various media reports. By piecing together a narrative based on interviews of film industry insiders, police staff, lawyers, archivists, etc. the book reads seamlessly with no personal tilt apparent."
Usman's narrative is going beyond being a larger-than-life tribute to a film star. More than the rest, it tells the story of a father's unflinching religion in his son, and the son's adamant refusal to behave responsibly. It also talks a few mom's blind religion in and immense love for her son and the way even after demise, she controlled to tug him back from the edge and saved his life. Sanjay Dutt's roller-coaster journey of a life, as explored by means of Usman, unearths a decent and refreshing depiction in the book. From dealing with boarding school to his mom's demise, substance abuse and serial relationships, Sanju has skilled all of it, but refused to clean up his acts or take duty. Usman's portrait of Sanjay as a person, the anti-hero of his personal life, is brilliantly sketched, thereby offering a humane touch to the narrative -- a device voluntarily lost sight of in different biographies.
The book is a meticulously researched testament to a Bollywood star's life and times and reveals some unknown and shocking anecdotes. From his involvement in a taking pictures spree in Pali Hill to heroin smuggling in the United States to illegal possession of fingers all through the Mumbai blasts -- the biography turns out to show so much many facets of Sanjay Dutt than what a first-person memoir would do. Yasser Usman's biography of Sanjay Dutt is a must-read for all those blinded by means of the glitter and glamour of Bollywood's tainted biopics. Earlier, Yasser Usman wrote 'Rekha: The Untold Story' and 'Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India's first famous person'.
How critics view the book:
The Week writes in a assessment, "Biographer Yasser Usman's exploration about Sanjay's roller-coaster life makes you explore the vulnerable side of the star, whom the writer calls 'the man-child who never grew up'."
Journalist Aaqib Raza Khan writes, "Yasser Usman has crafted a seemingly transparent profile of an actor whose entire life, throughout his career, has been virtually dissected and let bare by various media reports. By piecing together a narrative based on interviews of film industry insiders, police staff, lawyers, archivists, etc. the book reads seamlessly with no personal tilt apparent."
Micro review: Sanjay Dutt
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Reviewed by Kailash
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July 02, 2018
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