AASHU PATEL'S BOOK "MADAM X' LAUNCHED IN MUMBAI
BOOK LAUNCH
Small Town Girl Becomes
Small Town Girl Becomes
The Most Dreaded Gangster
Of
The Underworld- Madam-X
Senior
Writer Journalist Aashu Patel’s Book
‘Madam X’ Launched
In Mumbai
by Shrutee Kate / DN
Mumbai, April 16: Aashu
Patel’s saga on the underworld, narrated in his latest cult thriller book was
launched today at a grand event at the city bookstore, Granth in the presence
of a bevy of Bollywood and Tellywood celebrities. The book is the first one in
English for the bestselling Gujarati author and was launched by Tigmanshu
Dhulia. Actor-Director, Anant Mahadevan and actress Ishita Sarkar read parts of
the book at the launch. The event was
also attended by Sanjay Chhel and Jayantilal Gada. The renowned Bollywood director
announced that he would be adapting the book into a Bollywood film.
“I had met Aashu almost a decade ago and since
then we have been good friends. Aashu's knowledge of underworld amazes me. The
moment he narrated the plot of Madam X, I decided to make a movie based on it.
It is a very gripping book and gives us an insight into the very soul of the
underworld. Madam X is set in the nineties when the underworld was at its
peak," says Tigmanshu Dhulia.
“Back in the
nineties while I was into journalism, I extensively studied and tracked the
underworld. It is during this period that I got acquainted with people from the
underworld and this gave me the edge when I began writing plots around the
subject. Madam X is perhaps the only female protagonist in the otherwise male
dominated underworld,” says the author. “The story is about how a small-town
girl’s ambition to make it big takes her on an unexpected, roller-coaster
journey to becoming the protégé of an infamous don to eventually becoming the
most dreaded gangster of the underworld.” With this
sensational novel senior Gujarati writer-journalist Aashu Patel enters the
English market for the first time. After starting his career as a journalist in
Gujarati, he made his mark as a columnist and later a writer. He has 26
published books to his credit including a coffee table book on Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi.
The book is
published by Shree Book Centre. It will be available at Granth and all leading
book stores across India.
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