Shiraz Mukherjee

Hailing from erstwhile ?calcutta?, shiraz mukherjee was a first-division football player who also trained in theatre as an actor, writer, and director. a commerce graduate, he later shifted to mumbai to become a filmmaker. he got his feet wet under prahlad kakkad and assisted celebrities like shekhar kapoor, rakesh mehra, tigmanshu dhulia. as the creative producer for fingerprint films, a top-of-the-line production company, in mumbai, he makes tv commercials, films, and documentaries?selling soaps and shampoos for a living, literally. shiraz loves kicking the football even today, which he does with under-privileged kids and also organises theatre workshops for aspiring actors. during the writing of this book shiraz toured the sunderbans extensively. he lived among the honey collectors and the woodcutters and experienced life from close quarters on the islands in the delta.