‘Sacred Games’ launch
Snaps from the Sacred Games book launch at the Hilton Towers on Marine Drive last night. In between trips to the wine bar, someone said something about a kickass 900-page novel 
Author Vikram Chandra is flanked by gangster Ganesh Gaitonde:
Chandra rasslin’ readers and the media:
Melanie Abrams and husband Chandra, who both teach at my alma mater, UC Berkeley:
I ran into Sushma Reddy (Chup Chup Ke):
Anuvab and I had a very amusing conversation with Nethra Raghuraman (Thakshak, Bhopal Express), who contrary to stereotype was quick on her feet:
Anuvab chatted up Simone Singh (Being Cyrus):
The buff Sikh dude who I’m guessing is the cover model for protagonist Sartaj Singh, wore a khaki turban so he’d be recognized:
Anuvab staring at someone’s badonkadonk:
Chandrahas looking heroically stoic:
Anand Giridharadas of the IHT, stylin’ as usual:
Marine Drive from above:
Anuvab’s friend and Vagina Monologues actress Avantika Akerkar, downstairs at Frangipani:
The thank-you chocolates:
on Friday, August 11th, 2006, 3:10 pm in Bombay, Film, Literature, Photos › 
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shame on you, manish. where’s the detailed description of you grabbing simone’s singh luscious breast under the pretense of procuring a glass of wine for Anuvab?
Is that what he told you? :)
Coming from such a filmi family, did he say (or did anyone ask) about a movie deal for the story?
This story and this story discuss adapting the book for film. Some of the action scenes are written quite cinematically.
Thanks, Manish.
First A Suitable Boy, now Sacred Games. And I thought the Irish were a chatty lot…
If only Kaavya hadn’t self-imploded, maybe she could’ve popped out an even longer novel later in life, a 1,300-pages opus about the investment banking world.
But seriously, ASB and SG are kinda’ interesting bookends, as far as Indian hyper-novels go. ASB is to SG what PBS’ Masterpiece Theater is to HBO’s The Sopranos.
Can’t wait to get my copy…