Pranjali Wakde, Author at Booked4Books

26 Apr

When Bollywood goes on Bollywoodizing novels…

Pranjali WakdeArticlesAisha, Dil Bechara, Haider, Lootera, The Girl on the Train

By Pranjali Wakde What are Bollywood films known for? Songs? Maybe. Story? No, those are mostly borrowed (read: plagiarized) from other cine industries. Actors? Nope. These films are primarily known for just one element –the masala. Bollywood films are so exaggerated, filled with so much drama, that they don’t even remotely resemble the real-life they are supposedly trying to portray. It is, understandably (or not?), done to provide entertainment to the viewers; but in trying to achieve that, they go way overboard. This doesn’t stop to normal films - oh, no nono! If Bollywood decides to adapt a book into…

25 Feb

Review of ‘The Love Stories from Lockdown Days’

Pranjali WakdeBook ReviewsAnushka Mehta, Pranjali, The Love Stories from Lockdown Days

Quarantine has obviously impacted the world negatively; however, among its few pros, one of them is the birth of Lockdown literature. Lockdown saw a socio-cultural change globally, which became the inspiration for many texts spewed out by authors during that time. One of the amazing additions in this type of Literature was a collection by Anushka Mehta, released on the 10th of January this year. This is her third Kindle release, namely ‘The Love Stories from Lockdown Days’. The book consists of ten stories, all of them different, yet connected by one theme, i.e. all of them happened during the…

31 May

A Girl To Remember

Pranjali WakdeBook ReviewsA Girl To Remember, Pranjali Wakde

It takes courage to write something outside the box and even more so to make the message stick to the story. A girl to remember, by Ajay K Pandey, is one such book. Ajay K Pandey has made his protagonist, Neel Kumar, a person whose body controls him more than his mind or heart does. Neel is described, even by himself, as a demon who thinks women are nothing but soft toys with no emotions, which he can use and throw away as his body wishes. The main characters are Neel, a Mathematics teacher in DAV school, Pihu, a student…