Shortlisted for the Vodafone Crossword Award for Fiction

Ranked by Khushwant Singh as one of the best twenty novels in English by Indians or writers of Indian origin

Set primarily in India and spanning the twentieth century, Filming tells a series of stories, including that of one-time prostitute Durga, who is persuaded to give away her young son, Ashok, and that of Saleem, the son of a prostitute and two-times star of the silver screen. As these stories intertwine and overlap, they combine to create a novel that is simultaneously about the small details and the bigger picture, weaving together major historical events–including Partition, the assassination of Gandhi, the rise of photography and the Bombay film industry, and the development of barbed wire–with the everyday moments that make up the fabric of our lives.