Author P.C. Balasubramanian has come up with his first fiction novel
Ready..Steady..Exit by P.C. Balasubramanian
Hyderabad: P.C. Balasubramanian, known informally as “PC”, is all set to launch his third book which happens to be his first fiction novel, Ready…Steady…Exit. He is an entrepreneur, author and a speaker and has been a chartered accountant for a dozen years. He is satisfied with the responsibility and accountability that he shoulders at work. In fact, he says that it is one of the reasons he loves his work and finds it easy to commit to his role of executive director and president of Matrix Business Services India.
What others admire and respect in Rajinikanth, brought out the writer in PC. His first book Rajini’s Punchtantra, published in 2010, is a bestseller. PC explains that his book was a humble offering to the amazing star who has been entertaining audiences for the past 40 years. “Rajini’s Punchtantra was about the most admired superstar of our times and the book won his heart as well,” he says and adds how it was the superstar’s powerful dialogue delivery that inspired him. “Having observed his popular lines being quoted by many, I thought they deserved a larger canvas and so I went about extracting the pearls of wisdom from his punchlines.”
His second book Grand Brand Rajini was released a week before Rajinikanth’s special birthday 12.12.12. He considers it a privilege to have worked on two books about Rajinikanth. “The objective was to look at the man and his popular punchlines from a completely different perspective. Obviously, some readers would see only my admiration and others would even call it ‘crazy fan following’.”
Ready…Steady…Exit is P.C.’s first tryst with fiction. The plot revolves around Gautam, who has just completed his CA (after several attempts), launches an accounting services company with his close friend Anand. While the young entrepreneurs wonder how life can be so simple, karma throws a twist in the plot. Is the story slightly autobiographical? “It was my desire to narrate a story involving CAs, maybe as a way of thanking the profession that gave me an identity,” he answers.
During the course of writing his first fiction novel, P.C. realised it was addictive. “In fiction, your imagination and visualisation are virtually limitless. However, when dealing with someone like Rajinikanth, one needs to do a lot of homework and that has its own challenges,” he says. He concludes, “I am an author by accident. The course of CA perhaps helped me to structure my work professionally. I got into it for the simple love of sharing my thoughts with others in a structured fashion. Writing is certainly a hobby and passion for me.”
( Source : dc )
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