Naseeruddin Shah to write a tell-all book on the film industry

Naseeruddin Shah is ready with the follow-up to his memoir And Then One Day. The upcoming tome will be an 'honest expose' of people in the film industry.

He confesses, "I've covered the most interesting phase of my life. The rest is smooth sailing. What I can do now, is a treatise on my experiences in the film industry. And I don't think that's a bad idea. There are many things that I do want to say about the industry. I might write it in the third-person. Then I'd have the right to be more candid without being diplomatic or hurting egos."

Naseer admits he never expected the memoir to be so well-received. "I thought they'd be extremely skeptical about an actor trying to write. I never thought the book would sell as much as it did in India, or that the Indian critics would be anything but condescending towards it," he says.

He has never doubted his writing abilities, though. "I knew that those who cared to read through my account, would like it. Constructing sentences properly and writing essays have been my strong points right from school days. Though I was a dullard in all other subjects, my English compositions and essays in class were always rated the best. My articles were selected for the school magazine. I did know I had a certain ability with words. So I knew I wouldn't get whipped by the critics."