The
novel,
which
served
as
the
basis
for
the
Rajkummar
Rao-starrer
movie
Made
in
China,
will
be
launched
simultaneously
with
the
film
on
Independence
Day
next
year.
HarperCollins
India
has
acquired
the
publishing
rights
to
Made
in
China,
written
by
US-based
Parinda
Joshi.
According
to
the
publishers,
the
book
is
a
hilarious
account
of
a
struggling
Gujarati
businessman's
journey
to
becoming
entrepreneurial
success.
It
is
the
first
in
a
two-book
deal
with
the
author.
Raghu's
closest
friends
and
family
members
all
seems
to
be
running
big,
successful
businesses,
living
luxurious
lives
in
Surat.
But
40-year-old
Raghu
has
only
the
pity
of
others.
His
family-inherited
Nepali
handicraft
imports
business
has
unexpectedly
collapsed
and
cash
is
drying
out
quickly.
His
wife,
Rukmini
thinks
he
a
loser,
his
family
does
not
respect
him
and
society
considers
him
irrelevant.
And
then,
a
successful
first
cousin,
Devraj,
tips
Raghu
off
about
consumer
goods
that
could
be
sourced
from
China
and
offers
to
take
him
along
on
his
next
trip,
knowing
fully
well
that
it
won't
be
Raghu's
cup
of
tea.
But
slowly,
after
being
initially
overwhelmed
by
the
cultural
oddities
at
the
convention
and
elsewhere,
Raghu
begins
to
get
the
hang
of
things.
"I'd
woken
up
one
bright
morning
in
May
2008
with
a
vivid
dream
in
which
I
was
watching
a
movie
based
on
a
book
I
had
written.
That
dream
ostensibly
has
been
the
guiding
light,
and
here
we
are,
a
decade
later,"
says
Joshi.
She
is
thrilled
that
Maddock
Films
is
producing
the
movie,
saying
"the
adaptation
of
my
novel
couldn't
be
in
more
adept
and
nurturing
hands".
The
film,
also
starring
Mouni
Roy
and
Boman
Irani,
is
being
directed
by
Mikhil
Musale.
According
to
Swati
Daftuar,
commissioning
editor
at
Harper
Collins
India,
"In
'Made
in
China',
Parinda
brings
together
a
brilliantly
constructed
plot
and
layered,
rounded
characters,
serving
a
gripping,
entertaining
book
that
you
will
eat
up
in
a
single
sitting,
but
remember
for
a
long
time."
"But
what
really
distinguishes
Parinda
is
how
she
packs
at
the
centre
of
each
book
a
core
that's
strong,
urgent
and
timely.
These
are
stories
from
a
changing,
evolving
India,"
she
goes
on
to
add.
Made
in
China
is
quirky,
funny
and
yet
it
makes
one
think,
feels
Dinesh
Vijan,
founder
of
Maddock
Films.
"I
felt
it
needed
to
be
experienced
by
more
people
and
that's
why
we
decided
to
adapt
it."