With over two decades in journalism, writing about popular culture, Priyanka Sinha Jha has been an incisive observer and chronicler of celebrity lives in general, and Bollywood celebrities in particular. She has been the editor of periodicals like the film weekly Screen from the Indian Express Group, Society magazine, and news publications like the Hindustan Times (HT Style and HT Saturday). She has headed Bollywood and entertainment news content creation at online platforms like Hotstar and for the Network18 group.
Showbiz friendships turning sour, vacuous vanity that rival the ostentatious vanity vans of the biggest stars, and behind-the- scenes shenanigans – Priyanka Sinha Jha’s debut collection of stories chronicles the topsy-turvy world of Bollywood folks and their rollercoaster lives. Offering a delectable peek at what lies beneath the pulsating, adrenaline-inducing highs and lows of life in the movies, this darkly funny anthology captures the goings-on in the world of show business, the constant tug- of-war between the most glorious and the deliciously wicked aspects of the beautiful people. Astutely observant and catty, these tales from the kaleidoscopic world that is the dream factory are replete with familiar characters who are figments of imagination ... or are they?
