Leading
publication house Westland Ltd. has added another name to their enviable
list of authors which includes the likes of Amish Tripathi (Shiva Trilogy),
Ashok Banker (Mahabharata Series), Ashwin Sanghi (Krishna Key), Rashmi Bansal
(Follow Every Rainbow), etc.This is none other than the Indian film director of Kurbaan, the screenplay of which was written by D'Silva himself
and was nominated for several Indian awards and the screenplay writer of the
nationally acclaimed Bollywood film Rang De Basanti, Rensil D’Silva.
Rensil is now on the cusp of releasing his debut novel Kohinoor Express,
to be published by Westland Ltd.
Kohinoor Express is a historical
thriller set in the 1800’s. It follows the trail of the Kohinoor after it was
taken from Ranjit Singh by the British (after the last Sikh War), and handed
over to Queen Victoria. The novel charts the story of that epic journey. It is
also a story of a band of unlikely heroes who were determined at all costs, to
stop the world’s greatest diamond from falling into the hands of the British
and leaving India’s shores forever.
Rensil, who has directed films such
as Kurbaan says of his new venture, “The novel was born out of my fascination
for the Kohinoor and my decade long research into the history of the diamond. I
have repeatedly visited the Tower Of London, just to gaze at it. And have spent
many hours delving into its past. While I have in the last ten years written
and directed many stories for the movies, advertising and television, few
stories have excited me as much as this has”
RensilD’Silva has worked
with some of the
biggest Bollywood stars such as AmitabhBachchan, Aamir Khan, Anil
Kapoor, KanganaRanaut to name a few. He has also worked extensively with
directors as diverse as Karan Johar, Mani Ratnam, ShoojitSircar and David
Dhawan.His next release Ungli is produced by Karan Johar for Dharma Productions
and stars a plethora of stars including EmraanHashmi, Sanjay Dutt, KangnaRanaut
and RandeepHooda. Additionally, he has also forayed into television with
the popular fiction show 24 starring Anil Kapoor, of which he has written and
directed 6 episodes. His book Kohinoor Express is up for a 2015 release.
About Westland Limited:
WESTLAND LIMITED is a subsidiary of
Trent Limited, the retail arm of the Tata group, the largest diversified
industrial group in India. The group includes EastWest Books and Tranquebar
Press.
They publish literary as well as
commercial fiction and non-fiction, and are engaged in both the publishing and
distribution of books. After more than 50 years of experience in import and
distribution of major academic and English language trade publications from all
over the world, Westland’s focus has shifted to publishing in the last few
years. Today, Westland is the fifth-largest English-language trade publisher in
India and has published a host of bestsellers, including Amish Tripathi’s
Immortals of Meluha and The Secret of the Nagas, Ashwin Sanghi’s The Rozabal
Line and Chanakya’s Chant.
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