Mr. Madhusudan Vallabhdas Thaker was born in Jamkhambhalia, Jamnagar district, in Gujarat in 1942. A Gujarati writer who grew up in Kolkata, and later shifted to the U.S., he assumed the pen name "Madhu Rye", as an affectation he picked up in homage to Mr. Satyajit Ray.
Madhu Rye's Gujrati novel "Kimball Ravenswood" was first serialised in "Gujarat Mitra" daily, and there have been two hard cover and four paperback reprints so far. The novel was made into a TV series ''Mr. Yogi'' (1989) by Mr. Ketan Mehta. It was also adapted into theatre as "A Suitable Bride" by Mr. Naushil Mehta.
The Hindi film 'X' was also based on the novel "Kimball Ravenswood". 'Y', the Director of 'X', claimed to have bought out all available copies of the novel, before his film's release.
Identify 'X' and 'Y'.
Additional Trivia :
Kimball and Ravenswood are local train terminus in Chicago, around which there is a heavy concentration of Gujaratis. These are also the novel's locale.
'X' : What's Your Raashee ?
ReplyDelete'Y' : Ashutosh Gowariker
J. Hari Babu is absolutely correct :)
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