Subhash Ghai has directed some of the biggest blockbusters in Hindi film history like Karz, Hero, Karma, Saudagar, Khalnayak and Taal. His production house Mukta Arts is one of the most prestigious banners in the business. In 2006 Ghai set up the country's leading film institute, Whistling Woods. Suveen Sinha is a leading business journalist and author.
<p>Known for the grandeur and flamboyance of his films, Subhash Ghai is a legend. Between 1976 and 1999, he made fifteen films, eleven of which – including Kalicharan, Vidhaata, Hero, Karma, Ram Lakhan, Saudagar, Khal Nayak and Taal – were blockbusters. Known for his ambitious, innovative thinking and the strong stories and memorable music of his movies, Ghai helmed dream-cast multi-starrers and also made films with rank newcomers; he brought the crowds flocking back to theatres when video piracy was at its peak, was the first in India to release the music of a film on audio CD, and was a pioneer in taking Indian cinema to global markets. He is a self-made man who rose to dizzying heights, proving the saying that destinies are created – and destroyed – every day in the Mumbai film industry. Today he runs Whistling Woods, the country’s foremost film institute: his legacy to the future generation of filmmakers.</p><p>His memoir, written with Suveen Sinha, tells the story of a man who felt he was destined to direct his own future, as dramatically as a Subhash Ghai film.</p>
