Star Biographies

Actress Devika Rani ‘kept her dignity despite all the things done to her’: biographer Kishwar Desai

Desai’s ‘The Longest Kiss’ is the chronicle of a woman who was ‘a pioneer then, and now’.

Nandini Ramnath
· Mar 09, 2021 · 10:30 am
10 things we learnt about AR Rahman from the authorised biography ‘Notes of a Dream’

From being the sole breadwinner of his family as a child to winning the country an Oscar, Krishna Trilok’s biography is full of insights.

Archana Nathan
· Oct 15, 2018 · 08:15 am
Priyanka Chopra is ‘the first of her kind from Bollywood’, hence a second biography

Aseem Chhabra’s ‘Priyanka Chopra The Incredible Story of a Global Bollywood Star’ is the second ode to the Indian actress.

Archana Nathan
· Jul 12, 2018 · 08:15 am

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Star biographies: can a film-star’s life be an open book?

What iconic actors don’t reveal about themselves in their biographies tells as much as the things they do say.

Gautam Chintamani
· Nov 30, 2014 · 05:30 am