Karma's Child

Known for the grandeur and flamboyance of his films Subhash Ghai is a legend. Between 1976 and 1999 he made fifteen films eleven of which - including Kalicharan Vidhaata Hero Karma Ram Lakhan Saudagar Khalnayak and Taal - were blockbusters. Known for his ambitious innovative thinking and the strong stories and memorable music of his movies Ghai helmed dream-cast multi-starrers and also made films with rank newcomers; he brought the crowds flocking back to theatres when video piracy was at its peak was the first in India to release the music of a film on audio CD and was a pioneer in taking Hindi cinema to global markets. He is a self-made man who rose to dizzying heights proving the saying that destinies are created - and destroyed - every day in the Mumbai film industry. Today he runs Whistling Woods the country's foremost film institute: his legacy to the future generation of filmmakers. His memoir written with Suveen Sinha tells the story of a man who felt he wasdestined to direct his own future as dramatically as a Subhash Ghai film.