Aseem chhabra biography definition

Vivek Tejuja interviews Aseem Chhabra, author of Shashi Kapoor - The Householder, The Star, published by Rupa.

In this slim volume, Author Aseem Chhabra looks at some aspects of Shashi Kapoor – the actor and the human being.

It is noteworthy that Aseem Chhabra is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed book Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, the Star .

Aseem Chhabra's delightful biography of Indian cinema's handsomest actor throws light on his happy-go-lucky streak.

Aseem Chhabra is a film journalist, freelance writer and film festival programmer in New York City.

He is also the voice of Shadow Puppet #1 in director Nina Paley's award-winning animated film, Sita Sings the Blues.

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Aseem Chhabra has been writing about films for more than two decades. When the time came for him to write a book, he chose for his subject an actor and star who shone bright on the firmament of Hindi cinema long before it was objectified as Bollywood.

The reticent and reclusive Shashi Kapoor, the protagonist of Chhabra’s evocative new biography, may have kept away from the limelight for many decades. However, in Shashi Kapoor – The Householder, The Star, Chhabra brings the great actor vividly back to public memory in a way that only an adoring fan can.

Vivek Tejuja interviewed Aseem Chhabra for Flipkart Stories.

Excerpts:

 

Vivek Tejuja: Why did you decide to write a book on Shashi Kapoor? Why not any other star?

Aseem Chhabra: I have been a fan of Shashi Kapoor since my teenage years when I watched films like Sh