Not Quite Family: An Intimate Memoir of Bollywood

A behind the scenes look at Bollywood and its stars from a true blue insider-outsider, veteran journalist Khalid Mohamed

'When a young writer like Khalid Mohamed writes his memoirs of olden days, time starts rolling back. All his reviews and interviews in The Times of India and Filmfare start glowing-pages and people he made immortal. His ink is still fragrant.'

-Gulzar

'Khalid Mohamed's engaging memoir charts a witty and honest emotional journey through the wonderland of the cinema. Enjoy the ride.'

-Shabana Azmi

'Khalid Mohamed has always written with the courage of a truth-seeker. I have been a witness to his journey as a journalist, editor, film critic, screenwriter, storyteller and director. He has truly been a student of cinema, having observed movies and culture, and he has voiced these observations as social commentary that sought to open our minds further through his writing and deeply sensitive films.'

-Hrithik Roshan

Bollywood Confidential!

Khalid Mohamed grew up movie struck, watching films at halls near his house with his grandmother. Once he became a reporter at The Times of India, his beat eventually took him to the movie world--and right into the heart of the lives of icons he had always admired. He developed a rapport with stars like Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Dharmendra and with actresses like Raakhee, Smita Patil, Karishma Kapoor, Rekha and others whom he interviewed, cast in his movies or got to know as people away from the interview circuit. With some, it was quite the family affair. But friendship, as he discovered time and again, was fickle, lasting only as long as he gave favourable reviews to their films. Where he used his sharp critical scalpel, the welcomes froze.

Not Quite Family is an account of Khalid Mohamed's exciting years in the Bombay film world. It is also an emotive rendering of the Bombay that was--temperate and gracious. As the city is increasingly smothered by skyscrapers and dust, he takes us behind the curtain to show us the lives of the stars of Juhu-Vile Parle, Pali Hill and Worli.

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Lydbog: 26. juni 2026