Author
Anand
Suspi
says
filmmaker
R.
Balki
wanted
to
work
on
a
project
with
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
his
daughter-in-law
Aishwarya
after
reading
the
manuscript
of
his
book
'Half
Pants,
Full
Pants',
but
it
didn't
materialise.
'Half
Pants,
Full
Pants'
is
a
collection
of
short
stories,
about
a
little
boy
growing
up
in
sleepy
Shimoga,
Karnataka.
His
father
is
a
station
master,
so
there's
a
huge
railway
theme
throughout
the
book.
The
book
has
been
published
by
Paper
Boat,
marking
the
drinks
brand's
foray
into
publishing.
"Nearly
five
years
ago,
Balki
was
the
first
to
read
the
entire
manuscript.
Something
connected
with
him
deeply
and
he
is
still
the
most
ardent
fan
of
these
stories.
He
said
that
after
'Malgudi
Days',
he
would
love
to
see
this
on
the
small
screen," Suspi
said
in
a
statement.
He
added:
"In
fact,
he
had
a
plan
brewing
in
his
head
and
took
two
copies
of
the
manuscript
from
me.
One
was
for
Amitabh
Bachchan.
He
wanted
a
second
copy
for
Aishwarya
Rai
since
he
felt
she
would
enjoy
and
connect
with
the
tales
given
her
South
Indian
roots."
Suspi
says
Balki
had
an
'interesting
idea
to
promote
this
on
the
small
screen
and
tried
to
put
the
whole
project
together'.
"It
wasn't
that
he
would
direct
this.
He
graciously
and
voluntarily
became
the
creative
head
of
this
project
and
decided
to
put
the
various
pieces
together
for
me.
With
time,
certain
things
didn't
materialise
and
this
didn't
take
off," he
said.
Since
the
book
has
been
published
now,
the
author
hopes
that
"there
might
be
more
people
interested
in
adapting
this
to
the
small
screen".