Unveiling Neeta Shah’s Bollywood Striptease

Neeta Shah

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Neeta ShahRemember the days of sitting in a cafe, snatching a few hours to pen your thoughts, ordering your fifth cup of black coffee and typing away on your laptop before you know its dinner time? The dual perspective of both, the underdog writer in a pit of depression and striking allure of the juvenile model has many an authoress shaped. Introducing Neeta Shah – This gorgeous half Gujarati half Parsi lass chose rather to take the high road and become renowned for her brains instead of her beauty. But when you have a killer combo of beauty, brains and business (she’s a Chartered Accountant too) your ‘Best Seller’ tag isn’t far behind. Isn’t that a twist in the classic tale? So just what is it about Neeta Shah that makes her debut work of fiction ‘Bollywood Striptease’ the talk of the town? For starters, digest this – The movie rights of the book have already been acquired (before the book made it to the shelves), by IROCK (Ragini MMS & Rock the Shaadi). I met the authoress at Costa coffee house before the grand launch of her book due to take place this evening in Bandra. She orders her gingerbread latte and a sandwich. She’s a tad nervous. Actually a lot! She sips her coffee and in a fraction of a second a surreal lovefest of words flow… mixed with over the top excitement, occasional loss of words and that Stevia sugar free, and the lovefest continued. Here’s an illustrious interview with the glamorous Neeta Shah. It’s couch, coffee and conversation time!

“Bollywood Striptease Strips Bollywood Naked”
When I started writing the book and finished writing, I thought – What can be the apt name for the book? The idea came about from a naive coffee conversation while I was briefing my friends about the many real life incidents that my friends have gone through in the film industry. Some were really heart breaking, while some were success stories too. The book was factual but fictionalised and the only name that came to my mind was Bollywood Striptease because it ‘Strips Bollywood Naked’.

“My cover page model who is naked and wrapped in a film reel wants Lights Camera Action”
This is my first book. So far I’ve always done writing for Production Houses. I had Jacarand, my agents who represented me. They told me that once they pitch my book contents to the publishers, it takes a minimum of six months to green light the book. I waited patiently. Within three weeks I got a call from my agents saying that Rupa publishers were interested in publishing it and the deal was on. My cover page model who is naked and wrapped in a film reel wants Lights Camera Action, and it’s time!

“75% content in Bollywood Striptease is real”
I wanted to pen down my experiences. It’s not only my own experiences but my friends too. 75% of the content is real. I can’t take names or I’ll get in deep trouble. Honestly, the writer in me was unlocked by my mentor and IROCK CEO, Siddharth Jain. He was the one who told me that I could write. One thing led to another and here I am waiting for my book to get launched this evening.

“IROCK has bought my book rights a week before the book hit the stores”
For the first ever time it’s happened in the publishing world in India that the book rights for a film have already been sold even before the book is out in the market. IROCK has bought my book rights a week before the book hit the stores. Things are happening so quickly, I can’t believe it. God willing it’s all fallen in place.

“Luckily, no one is going to be stripping at the book launch”
My book launch is going to be a star studded affair. Luckily, no one is going to be stripping (laughs). Riya Sen is going to be unveiling Bollywood Striptease. I’ve invited a few friends and colleagues from the film industry – Punit Malhotra, Tarun Mansukhani, R Balki, Rensil D’Silva, Neetu Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Angad Bedi, Adah Sharma, Rohit Roy, Mrinalini Sharma, Shekhar Kapur, Anthony D’Souza, Dabboo Ratnani, Kunal Roy Kapur and a few studio heads from UTV, Shree Ashtavinayak, Big Pictures, etc. A few television personalities are also invited.

“My next creation is going to be a sequel to Bollywood Striptease”
My next creation is going to be a sequel to Bollywood Striptease. I can’t reveal how this book ends but get geared up to know what happens in the sequel. I will be penning it down soon.

“I have a fetish for love stories but sometimes I can go extremes”
My favourite Bollywood movies are Maine Pyaar Kiya, DDLJ, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, 3 Idiots and Delhi Belly. I have a fetish for love stories but sometimes I can go extremes and that’s why I mentioned Delhi Belly (laughs).

“The most scandalising segment in the book is RED ALERT”
There is a section in my book called ‘Red Alert’ that comes after few chapters. It is to caution people about certain aspects that commonly happen and take place in Bollywood. Each ‘Red Alert’ segment is scandalising.

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