Camera, Action, Horror: Nikesh Murali on Bringing Cinematic Techniques to Literary Scares, Part 1

Nikesh Murali is an acclaimed author, as well as the writer, narrator, and producer of the critically acclaimed storytelling podcast, Indian Noir. His audio novel His Night Begins, praised for its terse action scenes and brutal energy, earned him widespread recognition and critical acclaim. The novel’s success led World Literature Today Journal to dub him the most hard-boiled of Indian crime writers. In the first part of his two-part conversation with TOI Bookmark, Murali discusses the importance of incorporating cinematic techniques into literary storytelling.