Portrait of a Director

A NEW BIOGRAPHY, COMMEMORATING FILMMAKER RAJ KHOSLA’S BIRTH CENTENARY, FOCUSES ON HIS CRAFT

- -Karishma Upadhyay

RAJ KHOSLA: THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY By Amborish Roychoudhury with Anita Khosla and Uma Khosla Kapur HACHETTE INDIA ₹799; 368 pages

When author Amborish Roychoudhury started writing Raj Khosla: The Authorized Biography, he discovered that people around him didn't know much about Khosla's contributions to Hindi cinema. Only when he posted some iconic songs from his films like C.I.D. (1956), Woh Kaun Thi (1964) and Dostana (1980) did they recognise his works.

This is why this book, co-written by Khosla's daughters, Anita Khosla and Uma Khosla Kapur, is important.

In a career spanning over three decades, Khosla directed 26 films, many considered among Hindi cinema's best.