Saturday, November 07, 2020

Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood's Bad Boy - Yasir Ussman (2018)

 The original and only bad boy of Bollywood is what Sanjay Dutt is mostly known as. However, generally forgiven by masses as a star kid and movie goers have generally loved his stardom though the brief period of extreme emotions in mid-90s. The book is a simple 200 odd page easy read look out into the actors life that you can flip through in a few hours. Simple language not much of complexities or narratives that explains strong emotions. 

In short a simple star kid who had access to money than most normal kids of the period, had a penchant for breaking rules and indulge in all that came to his mind - drugs, wine, women or guns. Somehow family and people around even his rivals found a liking for him. He has never defended his positions nor have been apologetic about his indulgence, almost been innocent in his indulgences. 

If you have to read a biography from which you do not want to make any serious effort to pick up a moral and just want to read about an actor who is popular and his rollercoaster life here is a book for you. Just statement of facts, even the author does not try to defend any of the actions of the actor nor has been over critical of his misgivings. From that standpoint alone, I will consider this book worthwhile to read. 

In some sense, you also see the actor has been pretty candid about his life, he admitted his mistakes, has accepted his life as a convict and been jailed for the same. Whether he should be considered good or bad or a role model, I think somewhere the moral fabric around a person's life can be kept aside when we look at people around us. 

Surely Youre Joking Mr Feynman: Richard Feynmann (1985)

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