Karma’s Child: The Story of Hindi Cinema’s Ultimate Showman

by Subhash Ghai with Suveen Sinha

English 320 pages 1 edition

Known for the grandeur and flamboyance of his films, Subhash Ghai is a legend. Between 1976 and 1999, he made fifteen films, eleven of which – including Kalicharan , Vidhaata , Hero , Karma , Ram Lakhan , Saudagar , Khalnayak and Taal – were blockbusters. Known for his ambitious, innovative thinking and the strong stories and memorable music of his movies, Ghai helmed dream-cast multistarrers and also made films with rank newcomers; he brought the crowds flocking back to theatres when video piracy was at its peak, was the first in India to release the music of a film on audio CD, and was a pioneer in taking Hindi cinema to global markets. He is a self-made man who rose to dizzying heights, proving the saying that destinies are created – and destroyed – every day in the Mumbai film industry. Today he runs Whistling Woods, the country’s foremost film institute: his legacy to the future generation of filmmakers. His memoir, written with Suveen Sinha, tells the story of a man who felt he was destined to direct his own future, as dramatically as a Subhash Ghai film.