Karma's Child
The Story of Indian Cinema's Ultimate Showman
Subhash Ghai ; Suveen Sinha
- Subhash
- Ghai
- is
- the
- man
- behind
- some
- of
- Hindi
- cinema's
- most
- iconic
- movies.
- Of
- the
- sixteen
- films
- he
- made
- between
- 1976
- and
- 2008,
- twelve-Kalicharan,
- Karz,
- Vidhaata,
- Hero,
- Karma,
- Ram
- Lakhan,
- Meri
- Jung,
- Saudagar,
- Khal
- Nayak,
- Pardes,
- Taal
- and
- Yaadein-were
- blockbusters,
- and
- the
- others
- were
- critically
- acclaimed.
- Known
- for
- the
- strong
- stories,
- the
- memorable
- music
- and
- the
- grandeur
- of
- his
- films,
- Ghai
- not
- only
- helmed
- dream-cast
- multi-starrers
- but
- also
- signed
- on
- rank
- newcomers
- who
- went
- on
- to
- become
- established
- names
- in
- Bollywood.
- With
- his
- innovative
- thinking,
- he
- brought
- the
- crowds
- flocking
- back
- to
- the
- 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.A
- self-made
- man
- who
- rose
- to
- dizzying
- heights,
- Ghai
- proved
- the
- adage
- 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
- future
- generations
- of
- filmmakers.Karma's
- Child,
- his
- memoir,
- written
- with
- Suveen
- Sinha,
- tells
- the
- story
- of
- a
- man
- who
- believed
- he
- was
- destined
- to
- direct
- his
- own
- future,
- no
- less
- dramatically
- than
- a
- Subhash
- Ghai
- film-and
- did so.
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