SS, the youngest and most pampered of four sons named after the four brothers of the Ramayan, distinguished out as brazenly different in a family of academics and doctors. He was made for praise and the spotlight, and he was completely enamored of Raj Kapoor and cinema.
Mother Shyama Devi's chhutka bauwa (little sweetheart) headed out for the Film Institute of India (now FTII) in Poona, against severe opposition from disciplinarian father Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha. The next logical destination was Bombay. The obscure scarface from Patna went on to make history on celluloid despite his lack of Kapoorian good looks or any link to the Hindi film business.
In politics, he made history as the first Indian cinema actor to be sworn in as a Cabinet Minister, despite having no recognized surname or family.
Anything But Khamosh: The Shatrughan Sinha Biographyis a rivetingly honest account of India's most popular BihariBabu's triumphs and tragedies.
Bharathi S Pradhan penned Anything But Khamosh: The Shatrughan Sinha Biography, which includes a foreword by Shashi Tharoor. Published on 21 Dec 2015 by Om Book International.
