My Days with Baasha  (English, Paperback, Krissna Suresh)

Suresh Krissna tells the story of the South Indian film legend who has become one of the greatest actors of his generation: the Superstar Rajnikant in My Days With Baasha: The Rajnikanth Phenomenon.

Summary of the Book

Rajnikant’s charisma and style need no introduction. This movie mogul has inspired filmmakers, actors and writers throughout the decades with his unique presence, both on-screen and off it. In this book, Suresh Krissna discusses how it felt to work with the Superstar on titles such as Annamalai, Veera and Baasha. He writes of Rajnikanth’s earliest movies, elaborating on his rise to fame and the evolution of his style. Through his varied roles, the man transgressed the silver screen and became a part of Indian culture, in all senses of the word, a “phenomenon”. This book brings readers his story, the story of the man whose words will echo throughout history a hundred times, even if he utters them once, the man who is immortalized as Baasha.

About the Authors

Suresh Krissna is a film director known for his Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films. He has directed films such as Baasha, Veera, Annamalai and Baba.

Malathi Rangarajan is an Indian journalist working as a Senior Assistant Editor at The Hindu newspaper.