“Twenty years ago, my father-in-law Vijay Tendulkar used to prod me to write books,” recalls filmmaker Karan Razdan. Tendulkar, the famous playwright, would even ask Razdan to write his movie scripts in a novel form, so that he gets more material about his characters, their relationships and events. “I told him it’s too cumbersome and I just don’t have the time,” he smiles. But that was then. In November 2013, Razdan, who directed the hit TV series Rajani in the 1980s and films such as Souten and Girlfriend, came out with his first novel Tantra and the Tantrika. But that wasn’t the end of it. The filmmaker has already sent his second book The Power of Blessing, for publishing, which should be out next month. The third — Timeless – A dive into Shiva is in the process of being edited. “As you grow older, you realise the wisdom of elders,” smiles Razdan, “Writing books has become an addiction now. I can’t seem to stop myself from writing more of them.”

Following the success of his previous book Compass Box Killer in which he introduced the character of Inspector Veerkar, filmmaker Piyush Jha’s next novel takes the adventures of Veerkar a step ahead