Author: Sanket Ghag
ISBN: 978-93-82473-43-5
Publisher: Frog Books
Number of pages : 207
Mr. Sanket
Ghag, born Piscean, is a happy-go-lucky guy since his childhood who never
bothered about what lay ahead in the future; he lives in the own dream world
Studies being his last priority, he is a drop-out by choice in his last years
of graduation from Bhavanas College as he wanted to chase his film dreams. But
on the persistent pressure from parents he studied Interior Design at Rachana
Sansad and worked as an Interior Designer and joined L S Raheja Film and
television to chase his dream and is now working in the Hindi Film Industry as
an Assistant Art Director. Sanket loves writing and photography and wants to
become a filmmaker.
The back
blurb says:
What would happen to you, if someone you loved
madly left you without giving you a reason? What would you do if your business,
which is running smoothly, turns into a bumpy hell ride? And a friend, whom you
looked up to, turns his back when you needed him the most? The last resort you
look to is your mother, who comforts you in your crisis, but she too pushes you
to the extreme.
Situations like these brings out the true inner self of a person; some change themselves to adapt to the situation like chameleons, some fight back and change the situation.
Sunny is entangled in such situations. Standing on a six inch thick parapet wall of a four-storied building, he is looking out for a solution, and life flashes back to Sunny. Will Sunny find the solution? Will he become a chameleon or will he jump off?
Situations like these brings out the true inner self of a person; some change themselves to adapt to the situation like chameleons, some fight back and change the situation.
Sunny is entangled in such situations. Standing on a six inch thick parapet wall of a four-storied building, he is looking out for a solution, and life flashes back to Sunny. Will Sunny find the solution? Will he become a chameleon or will he jump off?
Before
I start with the story let me tell you about the cover page of the book. The
cover page, designed by Mishta Roy itself is of high quality, colourful, looks
lucrative and can easily be spot in any shelves or book stores.
‘Chameleons’ is a tale of varying
temperament of the individuals who acts weird on different circumstances. The
story revolves around a colourless, unsuccessful Interior designer who always
trusted every one blindly. The story swings from his present to past. The
present deals about his business life, the past deals about his love life and
both are interconnected in one way or the other. In most of the chapters he has
compared his present and the past on similar situation showing the positive and
negative of the situations. It is a story about love, friendship, relatives and
trust. The story clearly portrays the different colour of the people under
different circumstances and Mr. Ghag has explained every situation well and
clean.
When
I read from Sunny point of view I saw a defeated interior designer in front of
me. His thoughts, pain and happiness everything is submerged in this story left
me in admirations for Mr. Ghag’s narrating capabilities. The past life or Sunny’s
love life was very interesting when compared to the present. Though Natasha
comes a little in the story she turned out to be my favourite character with
her sarcastic talks. The love scenes are realistic and triggers Goosebumps. The
only thing I felt from his past life is he could have done the break-up part
better. He made me to laugh, turned me sad and felt pity.
The
present part is quite slow but it has got more to do with the story. This is
the part where he explains and experiences different colours of the people and
how they change to be in a safer position. Once he is in the tough situation he
understands those friends with whom he lost contact after college only helps
and those who were connected with him runs away. Sunny’s mother who had been
yelling at him from the beginning turns out to be the supportive mother at the
end, with all her love and solves his financial issues. His Dad turns to be the
commander when Sunny is in low and guides Sunny and his brother in the right
path to success.
Every
character has got a role to be done and it looks complete at the end. Once when
he is back to the regular life he gets call from his lost love and solves her
problem. The way he ended the story without showing pity turns out to be
realistic and the art in the last page is excellent. On the language front
there are few spelling and print mistakes do exist which could be solved by a
little rework. The usage of words is excellent and the sentences are well
structured. Hindi has been used in few places and at the same time it has been
translated too which makes the book to read by anyone who knows English.
To
sum-up my review, I must say, ‘Chameleons’ is one of the good books by any
young Indian author. It shows various natures of the human nature and takes you
towards hope and betterment of life. The book gives great message and is not
targeted to any specific group. It is clean enough that you can suggest to
anyone. If Mr. Sanket Ghag is working on any new project, I’d be looking
forward to it with higher expectations. I rate 4 star for this book. I wish Sanket ghag all the best for his
future and I hope to see him as a film maker.
You can buy the book from Flipkart or Homshope18
Happy Reading :-)
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