Book Review : Perils Of Being Moderately Famous

Success will never be final and failure will never be fatal, what matters is that you preserve.

The book perils of being moderately famous is written by Soha Ali Khan and published by Penguin books. The genre of the book is mainly a memoir .Soha Ali Khan's book debut is a brilliant collection of personal essays where she recounts with self-deprecating humour what it was like growing up in one of the most illustrious families of the country. With never before published photos from the author's family archives, the book takes us through some of the most poignant moments of her life , from growing up as a modern day Princess to her days at the Balloil college under Oxford University, to life as a celebrity in the times of social media culture to finding love in the unlikeliest of places.

This book is a tribute to her family without whom she considers herself nothing . She is a star kid. Her father Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was a well-known cricketer. She writes in her book about her father's sudden demise and also about his struggle till the last breath.

Here she mentions, "life will knock you down time and again, and you must find the strength inside to stand up. Never give up the fight, not untill your dying breath "

Her mother Sharmila Tagore is a renowned Bollywood actor and belongs to a distant relative of Rabindranath Tagore . Very little is mentioned about her sister Saba. She mentions the name of some Bengali films like the role of Aparna in 'Apur Sansar' went on to become a huge success. She also writes that Roy had cast her mother Sharmila Tagore in ' Devi ' as well, the following year.

In the latter half of the story, she describes the days of earlier times when intercaste marriage was uncommon. Sharmila Tagore was married to a Muslim prince . She also worked as an associate at Citigroup private bank in Mumbai. But destiny wanted something else.

She started her Bollywood debut kin 2004 by 'Dil Maange More '. She worked in many films but did not receive much recognition.

She even points out the growing popularity of Saifeena's son Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi.

Later on, in the second half of the book , she mentions about her affair with Kunal Khemmu, with whom she later tied a knot in the year 2014.

The author's writing is flawless but it slightly deviates from the genre of the book. It is mainly a memoir or an autobiography whereby as a reader I would expect more about her personal life, her accomplishments and more information related to her.

If you're a bollywood fan and want to know about the Khan family, you must give it a read.