The Extras

Ravan and Eddie are back!They've been mortal enemies since birth because of a bizarre family feud. But now Ravan and Eddie's lives converge as they share an obsession: having grown up in Bombay | the city of dancing movie stars and glitzy glamour | both dream of strutting down the road to superstardom.Can Ravan (a lowly taxi driver) and Eddie (a bouncer-cum-bartender at a speakeasy) rise from their dusty CWD chawls to the glittering heights of international fame?Peopled by a cast of soul-searching drunks | some of the most memorable women in recent literature and Ravan's nemesis | Three Point One | The Extras is much more than a book about Bollywood or Bombay. Outrageously exuberant in the telling and profoundly moving in its depiction of the big and small tragedies that shape our lives | the novel asks the reader to decide: are we protagonists and superstars or are we extras in that movie called life?