<div>Author Amish Tripathi, who created waves in Indian publishing with a USD 1 million book contract, has cracked it even bigger this time with an American producer purchasing the rights to "The Immortals Of Meluha."<div><br /></div><div>While Bollywood director Karan Johar has obtained the rights for an adaption of the popular book, the English rights of the same has gone to an undisclosed American producer.<br /><br /></div><div>"I have signed the deal with a US producer for the first book with an option for the subsequent books," Tripathi told PTI on sidelines of ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival here.<br /><br /></div><div>"I can't disclose the name as of now, it will be announced shortly," the 40-year-old author said.<br /><br /></div><div>Tripathi was given a lucrative book deal by publisher Westland for writing his Shiva triology "The Immortals of Meluha" (2010), "The Secret of the Nagas" (2011) and "The Oath of the Vayuputras" (2013).<br /><br /></div><div>The banker-turned-author has now started work on his next book.<br /><br />"I have already begun work on my next. It is certainly not an extension to the Shiva trilogy, that's over.<span></span>But this book would be also pertaining to mythology, history and spirituality genre. This is my area of passion," he said.</div><div><br /></div><div>According to Amish, the domestic film industry and publishing industry were moving closer to one another.<br /><br /></div><div>Pointing out that during the 50s and the 60s adaptations of books like that by Sharat Chandara, into films was quite common but the practise had died out.<br /><br /></div><div>"Now the Indian film industry is changing. The story is gaining importance. The stars themselves want a good story and they have realised that a good story is important and a great place to get those stories is in books," Tripathi said.<br /><br /></div><div>Tripathi said filmmakers didn't mind picking a bestseller, which meant that the story was already well liked.<br /><br /></div><div>"A bestseller means that the story is out, it is well developed and has been successful already. You know the risk has been reduced," the author said.</div></div>
<div>Author Amish Tripathi, who created waves in Indian publishing with a USD 1 million book contract, has cracked it even bigger this time with an American producer purchasing the rights to "The Immortals Of Meluha."<div><br /></div><div>While Bollywood director Karan Johar has obtained the rights for an adaption of the popular book, the English rights of the same has gone to an undisclosed American producer.<br /><br /></div><div>"I have signed the deal with a US producer for the first book with an option for the subsequent books," Tripathi told PTI on sidelines of ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival here.<br /><br /></div><div>"I can't disclose the name as of now, it will be announced shortly," the 40-year-old author said.<br /><br /></div><div>Tripathi was given a lucrative book deal by publisher Westland for writing his Shiva triology "The Immortals of Meluha" (2010), "The Secret of the Nagas" (2011) and "The Oath of the Vayuputras" (2013).<br /><br /></div><div>The banker-turned-author has now started work on his next book.<br /><br />"I have already begun work on my next. It is certainly not an extension to the Shiva trilogy, that's over.<span></span>But this book would be also pertaining to mythology, history and spirituality genre. This is my area of passion," he said.</div><div><br /></div><div>According to Amish, the domestic film industry and publishing industry were moving closer to one another.<br /><br /></div><div>Pointing out that during the 50s and the 60s adaptations of books like that by Sharat Chandara, into films was quite common but the practise had died out.<br /><br /></div><div>"Now the Indian film industry is changing. The story is gaining importance. The stars themselves want a good story and they have realised that a good story is important and a great place to get those stories is in books," Tripathi said.<br /><br /></div><div>Tripathi said filmmakers didn't mind picking a bestseller, which meant that the story was already well liked.<br /><br /></div><div>"A bestseller means that the story is out, it is well developed and has been successful already. You know the risk has been reduced," the author said.</div></div>