India, April 30 -- Award-winning film critic and author Shoma A. Chatterji examines the other in her two recent books with an insightful look at the world of Indian cinema. In a tete-a-tete with Ranjita Biswas

In your recent book Amitabh Bachchan as the Other, you have talked about the actor as a rebel against social ills. But his image as an angry young man is well-documented. What new dimension have you brought to the interpretation?

I have tried to prove that there is much more in him than just the angry young man. I feel that his portrayals in the 15 films chosen for analysis in my book moves beyond this image. Also, if he adhered just to the limiting label of the angry young man, would he have survived in the fickle film industry f...