Was drawn to his heroine’s multi-faceted personality. To grind, and I had no reason to disbelieve them,” he says.ĭuring the four months that he researched for and wrote the book, Mehta Had just returned from the UK, sported Hippy hair and spoke with a ‘swank’ accent, he adds.Ĭo-stars and colleagues easily opened up to the charismatic writer (except Dharmendra with whom she was rumouredįound the domestic helps, the drivers and the make-up artists to be the most resourceful. I wanted to give it some sort of a literary touch,” he says. “Most star biographies at that time were puff jobs, hagiographies. Wryly, adding, “I was just grateful that a publisher wanted me to do this… I knew very little about the film world, especially MeenaĬast a dispassionate eye on one of Hindi cinema’s most enduring icons, who he addresses as "My Heroine" in the book. “I wrote the book because as a copy writer I did not have too many options,” says Mehta
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