vikas swarup| Diplomat guy who wrote slumdog millionaire|interview| novel Q & A

Literary Quest

Diplomat turned writer, Vikas Swarup is hobnobbing with the who’s who of Hollywood—all thanks to his heartrending novel, Q & A

Diplomat turned writer, Vikas Swarup is hobnobbing with the who’s who of Hollywood—all thanks to his heartrending novel, Q & A


A high profile Indian diplomat who is away from his family on a foreign posting suddenly decides to write a book. And to his own surprise, he finds himself inundated with a mind-boggling response to his debut literary attempt. To be compared to great author Mark Haddon is no small achievement for a first time writer. Dashing diplomat Vikas Swarup’s fiction novel Q & A has been translated into 34 languages.



Danny Boyle
Loveleen Tandan (co-director: India)
Writers:
Simon Beaufoy (screenplay) and
Vikas Swarup (novel)

cast:

Dev Patel ... Jamal Malik
Anil Kapoor ... Prem Kumar
Saurabh Shukla ... Sergeant Srinivas
Rajendranath Zutshi ... Director (as Raj Zutshi)
Jeneva Talwar ... Vision Mixer
Freida Pinto ... Latika
Irrfan Khan ... Police Inspector
Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail ... Youngest Salim
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar ... Youngest Jamal
Sunil Kumar Agrawal ... Mr Chi (as Sunil Aggarwal)
Jira Banjara ... Airport Security Guard #1
Sheikh Wali ... Airport Security Guard #2
Mahesh Manjrekar ... Javed
Sanchita Couhdary ... Jamal's Mother
Himanshu Tyagi ... Mr Nanda

There is one interesting thing in the novel Q & A. Salim ,Ram Mohammad Thomas's best friend (Jamal in Slumdog) ,reads about his icon Armaan Ali being a gay in a gossip film magazine "Starburst". You cannot fail to guess the magazine he's alluding to. The bitchy and daring "Stardust" of course.
Also, The actor described paints Hritik's picture in my mind. Definitely the appearance of the Actor is inspired from Hritik .Just the appearance alright!!!The Character of the actor doesn't sound like Hritik at all.I guess only Stardust would dare telling you who it might be ?



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Her day has drawn to an end. People are thronging for her time. Her face scrubbed clean of make-up shows signs of fatigue but the smile remains fixed as if it is a permanent fixture. Reclining in the comfort of her car she lets the façade fall. I almost feel guilty that I have a questionnaire to grill her through. We have been close for the longest time now but her frequent absentia has given us little opportunity to catch up. Even tonight she is headed to Delhi as she has her break and Saif is shooting there. Much against reasoning she has decided to travel without paraphernalia. But Bebo’s impulsiveness is as famous as her size zero.Today her dad is waiting for her at home. “He has a valid complaint; he hasn’t seen me for over four months. I am always either traveling or making appearance for my endorsements. I feel so guilty,” she says. As we enter her compound, sister Lolo is waiting to also be part of the family gathering. The two sisters compare parlour visits and hair colour seems to be the topic of the reunion. While the two don’t seem to be two superstarnis, they seem more like two young ladies exchanging make-up tips; it makes me feel like an outsider in a tightly private environment.
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