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In his films too, Mirza heroes seem to have several tracks running in their heads and for a considerable amount of time are unable to decide on which to run.
In Arvind Desai ki Ajeeb Dastan (1978), a businessman son trapped in a businessman life is caught between making profits and to be seen as doing the right thing by his workers.
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Since 2000, Mirza has written important books on India in the form of memoirs. In 2008 he wrote a novel, Ammi: Letter to a Democratic Mother. In his new book, which is part fiction, a tale within a tale and several opinion pieces, he has held back no punches.
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