Why not Jeffrey Archer, critic?
Don’t worry, it’s not going to be Bollywoodised. Hart has a good pedigree, having produced Revolutionary Road. Adiga has another book out in July, according to his publisher, Atlantic, which describes it as “a dazzling new book”. That’s a bit economical with the truth, as Between the Assassinations is an anthology of short stories he wrote before his Booker winner. But there is a new novel on the way, he told me. Slumdog Millionaire finished with its happy Bollywood dance on the station platform in Mumbai. Now there’s talk of turning the movie into a stage musical. Its director, Danny Boyle, whose background is in theatre, is tempted, I hear. Don’t go there, Danny. I’d prefer another of your grittier movies. Also, adapting film successes for the stage is a road trodden too often. There are many such shows in the West End already, with Sister Act opening on Thursday. ITV, too, has turned to India for its latest comedy drama series — a slight contradiction in terms, as it has not aired a
