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Around the year 1960, prolific Bengali novelist Bimal Mitra struck up a strange friendship with Guru Dutt when the latter flew him down to his Pali Hill residence to write a screenplay for Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam, Bimal's novel which was earlier adapted in Bengali. Over the next few years, Guru would often summon him to Bombay, and they would either go to Lonavala, Guru's farmhouse or to Madras, where they would spend days discussing stories, plots, ideas, and Bimal would witness the man's downwar Around the year 1960, prolific Bengali novelist Bimal Mitra struck up a strange friendship with Guru Dutt when the latter flew him down to his Pali Hill residence to write a screenplay for Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam, Bimal's novel which was earlier adapted in Bengali. Over the next few years, Guru would often summon him to Bombay, and they would either go to Lonavala, Guru's farmhouse or to Madras, where they would spend days discussing stories, plots, ideas, and Bimal would witness the man's downward spiral. Guru was in his creative prime but his personal life was a throbbing mess. He couldn't sleep for days, which explains the title. And it was this period that is captured in this book, filled with anecdotes and....food. There's so much food in the book you can almost smell it. But at the same time it's dripping with melancholy, not unlike Guru's own films. My only grouse is - unike Guru's films - the book wasn't edited properly. Many events, instances and descriptions are repeated, and the chronology seems warped in some places. But it's a delight nonetheless. The book is also available in a Hindi translated version, called "Bichhde Sabhi Baari Baari". ...more

Bimal Mitra (bengali: বিমল মিত্র) was a prominent Bengali writer who wrote several novels. Bimal Mitra was equally adept in writing in Bengali as well as in Hindi, and has more than one hundred novels and short stories to his credit. Many of Bimal Mitra's novels have been made into successful films. One of his most popular works, Shaheb Bibi Golam (January 1953) which was adapted into a hugely pop Bimal Mitra (bengali: বিমল মিত্র) was a prominent Bengali writer who wrote several novels. Bimal Mitra was equally adept in writing in Bengali as well as in Hindi, and has more than one hundred novels and short stories to his credit. Many of Bimal Mitra's novels have been made into successful films. One of his most popular works, Shaheb Bibi Golam (January 1953) which was adapted into a hugely popular movie ...more