Biographies have been a tremendous rage among the popular celebrities. They are approaching with their individual memoirs where they confess about their lives openly. They aren’t shying away on sharing about the smallest moments happened and they are portraying them gracefully in their bios. From the famous Karan Johar to Naseeruddin Shah to Rekha to Rishi Kapoor to A. R. Rahman and many more celebrities who are coming forward to speak their minds and tell the world about their successes and failures they faced in their individual lives.

Shatrughan Singha and family members with his Biography (India Today)

Showbiz Memoirs: Say It Straight

Social media and television are playing a significant role in the evolving mindsets of audiences regarding their Bollywood icons and vice-a-versa. Bollywood celebrities have been more open about their every move as they talk it out straight, speaking about their film achievements and other kinds of personal stuffs, including affairs, private fall-outs, and sexual identity. There has been a rise of moderate, tell-all confessions. Most of the veteran actors and actresses have portrayed their real-life stories through biographies which have been read by many movie and television actors and actresses that might be a form of inspiration for them. In future many young generation actors will pen down their real tales in a much more open way, so that their fans and audiences too will be less critical. But are the biographies written by stars for gaining more publicity or to be in limelight? Well, the stars’ biographies are purchased and read most probably by their die-hard fans.

Launch of Karan Johar’s An Unsuitable Boy (Bollywood Life)

Few Lists of Memoirs

Anything But Khamosh: Shatrughan Sinha by Bharathi S Pradhan

Shatrughan Singha’s Anything But Khamosh (Anu Reviews)

The 1980’s veteran star Shatrughan Singh conveyed in his biography, Anything But Khamosh, “It took me almost seven years to pen down my book. I’ve expressed about few of the tumultuous times of my life. My narrative is regarding a man belonging to my background who attained accomplishment in Bollywood as well as politics. It couldn’t be completed with ups and downs of life.”

The Substance And The Shadow: Dilip Kumar

Dilip Kumar’s The Substance And The Shadow (Dawn)

And Then One Day: Naseeruddin Shah

Nasserddin Shah’s And Then One Day (Bollywood Life)

Romancing With Life: Dev Anand

Dev Anand’s Romancing With Life (www.zodepot.com)

Prem Naam Hai Mera, Prem Chopra by Rikita Nanda

Prem Chopra’s Prem Naam Hai Mera (www.ebay.ie)

Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, The Star by Aseem Chhabra

Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, the Star (The News on Sunday – The News International)

Conversations with Waheeda Rehman by Nasreen Munni Kabir

Conversations with Waheeda Rehman (Pinkvilla.com)

In The Company of a Poet, Gulzar by Nasreen Munni Kabir

Gulzar’s In The Company of A Poet (News18.com)

Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor, co-authored by Meena Iyer

Rishi Kapoor’s Khullam Khulla (inKhabar)

Indian film actor Rishi Kapoor’s autobiography Khullam Khulla highlighted, “It’s not about inserting information about sensationalizing moments of my life. I’ve portrayed about features of my life that are pretty much interesting. The way I have lived my life, in the very same way I’ve exhibited them through my writings. Media and readers might be thinking that I have added too much of my personal info, but it is their choice. This is the way I’ve written an autobiography.”

The Hit Girl: Asha Parekh by Khalid Mohamed

Asha Parekh’s The Hit Girl (Om Books)

Journalist Khalid Mohammad who has penned down 1960’s Asha Parekh’s biography, The Hit Girl says, “There is an amazing honesty in her life story and we’ve exhibited it the way it was. The personal life of Parekh is like a hit-maker, just like her professional movie career.

Rekha: The Untold Story by Yasser Usman

Rekha: The Untold Story (News18.com)

Anusual: Memoir of a Girl Who Came Back from the Dead by Anu Agarwal

Anu Agarwal’s Anusual: Memoir of a Girl (Glamtainment)

An Unsuitable Boy: Karan Johar, co-authored by Poonam Saxena

Karan Johar’s Unsuitable Boy (Bollywood Pataka)

Director Karan Johar mentioned in his memoir An Unsuitable Boy, “Everybody is aware of my sexual orientation. I don’t require screaming out about it. I live in a country where I won’t to spell out even though I need to because I might be jailed for what I conveyed. This is the reason why I, Karan Johar will not tell those three words which everyone possibly knows about me.” Such statements directed towards controversy where fans and followers and non-followers trolled him in Twitter.

Smita Patil: A Brief Incandescence by Maithili Rao

Smaita patil’s A Brief Incandescence (Amazon.in)

Audiences and fans, if they want to read about their stars’ lives can buy them from Amazon.in, Flipkart and Snapdeal, or nearby Crossword book store!




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