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When the man who composed Made in India says that hes bored of music,you do a double take. Biddu has been an important part of Indipop,having launched stars like Alisha Chinai and Shaan. Ive been a professional musician for nearly 51 years. I didnt want to look back on my life and regret that Ive done nothing else.
Biddu has discovered a diferent side to his persona. On February 12,he will launch his autobiography Made in India. Being a writer is my new avatar. Ive been one for the past three years, says the 65-year-old. He first wrote a novel and peddled it to publishing houses. But they were all interested in his autobiography. Finally,HarperCollins gave me a three-book deal they would first publish my autobiography,then my novel and then another book, he says.
The autobiography was written with self-deprecating humour. Its rather like undressing in public, he says. As for the novel,he says he cant reveal the name,it has all the ingredients of a page-turner. Its set in the Darjeeling tea estates,just after the British left India. It has bigotry,unrequited love and murder. Its perfect for a movie, he chuckles.
Does he plan to work in a Bollywood project again? Theres no discipline in the industry and I dont want to be part of it. The first time he ventured into films was when the late Feroz Khan asked him to write a song for his movie Qurbani. Aap jaisa koi became a hit and had millions of youth copying singer Nazia Hasans nasal tones. At the Jaipur Literary Festival,I jokingly sang Aap jaisa and the crowd went wild.
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