Glimpses of the book launch event of renowned Gujarati authors Padma Shri Bhawana Somaiya and Shri Krishnakant Unadkat – The event was graced by renouned Actress Aruna Iraniji. The Books launched are Chalo cinema by Bhawana Somaaya and Jano ane mano Durbin by Krishnakant Unadkat.
Both the Authors are the columnist of well known Newspaper Divya Bhaskar.
Bhavana Somaaya started her career as a film journalist and columnist with in 1978, and writing the column, “Casually Speaking” in film weekly, Cinema Journal published by The Free Press Journal. After working in Super magazine (1980–1981), she joined the Movie magazine published by India Book House as an assistant editor and became co-editor in 1985, and worked here till 1988. In 1989, she became the editor of G, a film magazine by Chitralekha Group. This was followed by her tenure as editor of noted film weekly, Screen from 2000 to 2007.She has written over 13 books on history of Hindi cinema and biographies of Bollywood stars, including Salaam Bollywood (2000), The Story So Far (2003) and her trilogy, Amitabh Bachchan – The Legend (1999), Bachchanalia – The Films And Memorabilia of Amitabh Bachchan (2009) and Amitabh Lexicon.
Krishnakant Unadkat is the Magazine Editor and Columnist of Divya Bhaskar and his famous write ups on ‘Chintan ni pale’ and his Books are most popular and well read. With popular columns, both the Authors aim for a tranformational change in society.
Chief Guest at the launch was well known Actress Aruna Irani and she spoke on her experience on Cinema world. She mentioned of ‘Chal Jeevi Laiye’ and passed on ‘Thoughts to Ponder’ on living. Well known RJ Pooja hosted the Event. RJ and Actress Aarti Patel, Poet Tushar Shukla, Jyoti Unadkat, Ronakbhai and Mahendrabhai of Navbharat Sahitya and other dignitaries graced the event.
Organised by Navbharat Sahitya in association with Ahmedabad Book Club and Gujarati Book Club (by Karma Foundation) successfully.
Pic courtesy : Ahmedabad Book Club
