Jai Arjun Singh is a

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based freelance writer and

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. He has written for Yahoo! India, ''Business Standard'', ''The Hindu'', ''The Man'', ''Tehelka'', ''Outlook Traveler'', ''The Sunday Guardian'' and the ''Hindustan Times'', among other publications. His book about the making of the cult comedy film ''

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro ''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'' () is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language satirical black comedy film directed by Kundan Shah and produced by NFDC. It is a dark satire on the rampant corruption in Indian politics, bureaucracy, news media and business, and st ...

'' was published by HarperCollins India in 2010. He has also edited ''The Popcorn Essayists: What Movies Do to Writers'', an anthology of original film-related essays for Tranquebar. He writes a popular

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called ''Jabberwock''. He has contributed a story, "Milky Ways", in a book edited by Jaishree Mishra "Of Mothers and Others".

Books

* ''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro: Seriously Funny Since 1983'', HarperCollins Publishers (2012) * ''The World of Hrishikesh Mukherjee'', Penguin UK (2015) *''Popcorn Essayists'', Westland (2011)

References

External links

NDTV Good Times interview with Jai Arjun Singh

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