"Devil's Advocate : The Untold Story" by the well known journalist Karan Thapar, was recently released . The book makes interesting,and occasionally compelling reading, with Karan Thapar's incisive pen-portraits of well known personalities,ranging from Amitabh Bachchan, Former PM V.P.Singh, Benazir Bhutto, Amma, and Sh. Narendra Modi.
Sh. V.P.Singh comes across as a warm human being behind the political mask, and Karan Thapar profiles him well, revealing his little known abilities of being a prolific painter, as well as a photographer,adept at catching his subject(in this case Karan Thapar), in unrehearsed, unkempt candid pictures . Talk of the tables being turned on the interviewer by the interviewee!
Amitabh Bachchan is also sharply etched by Karan Thapar, along with his wife Jaya Bachan. Karan Thapar at his provocative best,asked him about Rekha and Praveen Babi, and elicited an emphatic "Yes,Why will I not believe him(Amitabh) ?" ( from Jaya Bachan),when he asked her about trusting her husband. That put the lid on any speculation.
The book is worth a dekho, it throws interesting sidelights and profiles that are sharply etched.
M.P.Singh
Sh. V.P.Singh comes across as a warm human being behind the political mask, and Karan Thapar profiles him well, revealing his little known abilities of being a prolific painter, as well as a photographer,adept at catching his subject(in this case Karan Thapar), in unrehearsed, unkempt candid pictures . Talk of the tables being turned on the interviewer by the interviewee!
Amitabh Bachchan is also sharply etched by Karan Thapar, along with his wife Jaya Bachan. Karan Thapar at his provocative best,asked him about Rekha and Praveen Babi, and elicited an emphatic "Yes,Why will I not believe him(Amitabh) ?" ( from Jaya Bachan),when he asked her about trusting her husband. That put the lid on any speculation.
The book is worth a dekho, it throws interesting sidelights and profiles that are sharply etched.
M.P.Singh
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