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Rajashree is a bestselling Indian novelist and award-winning film-maker. She’s been a film buff since she was a kid — she once stood in a line for five hours to get tickets for Sholay. She has been working in Bombay after studying direction at the Film and Television Institute of India, Poona. She’s assisted Mansoor Khan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. A film she wrote and directed, The Rebel, was screened at many film festivals, and won the National Award and the Golden Ten Award. She has made Apun Ko Dekhne Ka Hai (The Other Side), a children’s film, which was screened in the Short Film Center at the International Film Festival of India, Goa, 2008. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Film Writers’ Association. Her first book, Trust Me, is a lighthearted romantic comedy set in the Bombay film industry, Bollywood. She is represented by PMA Literary and Film Management, Inc, New York.
Trust Me is the biggest-selling Indian chick lit novel according to figures given in The Times of India and The Sunday Telegraph. It has topped The Afternoon and The Asian Age bestseller lists. The first edition sold out in less than a month and the book is doing so well that the fifteenth impression is in the pipeline. It’s also been critically acclaimed by critics, authors and film-makers. Here are some comments about Trust Me:
‘A most enjoyable read’
Geordie Greig, editor, London Evening Standard
Former editor, Tatler, & former literary editor, Sunday Times (UK)
‘Terrific story. Loved the humour’
Michele Roberts, author & former Booker judge
‘Attractive reading from the beginning to the end’
Gulzar
‘A weekend must-read for every chick-lit lover. Go get it!’
Cosmo
‘A very light-hearted, very entertaining romantic comedy’
Soha Ali Khan
‘Looking for an exciting chick-lit book with a twist? Then you simply will not be able to resist Trust Me by Rajashree’
Femina
‘Rajashree… has a genuine comic talent’
Kiran Nagarkar
‘Rupa and Co has had a runaway hit with novelist and filmmaker Rajashree’s Trust Me ‘
The Times of India
‘Our own filmi chick-lit romance’
Kundan Shah
And here are some comments about Rajashree’s films:
‘Haunting in the true sense’
Indian Express
‘…incredible talent… exceptional performance… gritty photography… foregrounds how much film-makers have progressed both technically and in understanding cinematic language’
Tehelka
‘…endearing… well-structured and simply narrated… In its own quiet way, addresses issues of family, adolescence and increasingly brittle social relationships… It’s easy to see why this film won the National Award’
Time Out
‘Outstanding’
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