MADNESS IN MUMBAI: WHEN FORTY GETS NAUGHTY

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Literature & Fiction

MADNESS IN MUMBAI: WHEN FORTY GETS NAUGHTY

By: Vrushali Samant

295.00

  • ISBN: 978-93-7003-799-1
  • Pages: 160 pages
  • Published: 05 June, 2025
  • Format: Paperback
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  • Language: English

Until forty, Monica Singh never put a foot out of the line. And why would she? As a pampered socialite, wife of a rich businessman whose life had never taken her beyond the luxuries of Pali Hill and Mount Mary, she had almost everything she could ask for—except for love. And then her unfaithful husband leaves her for his baby-popping, business-tripling mistress, his company’s VP Sales ‘Luckshmi’, throwing her life and sense of self into disarray overnight. Abandoned by everyone she has ever known, Monica rediscovers her first love, photography, kick-starting a mad chain of events that sends her hurtling in a whirlwind through the streets of Mumbai. Navigating her way through tarot card readings, a gangster—sorry, social worker—romance, a kidnapping, a car chase, a murder plot, a surly policeman, a drug bust and more—will Monica be able to find herself at the end of it all? 

In all its hilarious, suspenseful, steamy and witty twists and turns, Madness in Mumbai will take you on a wild ride of self-discovery, passion and adventure that is only possible in a city like Mumbai. 


Madness in Mumbai (Rupa Publications) is Vrushali Samant’s fourth novel. Her previous book Prime Time Crime (Vishwakarma Publications) has been optioned for a book-to-screen adaptation, while He Loves Me Not (Penguin Random House, India) was featured at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival’s Word-to-Screen Market. Vrushali’s debut novel, Can’t Die for Size Zero (Rupa Publications), was a runaway bestseller, and she was invited to write a column for Marie Claire India titled ‘Big Girl in a Skinny World’. This year-long global initiative featured contributors from New York, London, São Paulo, and Melbourne, with Vrushali from Mumbai writing its India chapter. She has also contributed to Harper’s Bazaar’s special issue on body positivity. 

Vrushali won Best Director at the Berlin Indie Film Festival for her debut short film, Bena (2022), which was showcased on Disney Hotstar and JioCinema. Her film credits include research for the Hindi feature film Daddy (2017), a gangster biopic directed by Ashim Ahluwalia. She has co-written the indie feature film My Birthday Song (2018) with actor and director Samir Soni. Her screenwriting journey began on Vikram Bhatt’s film Shaapit (2010) as an associate.  

She started her professional career as an entertainment reporter with CNBC TV-18 and then moved to NDTV. She has written and produced non-fiction for MTV.  

Currently a student of screenwriter, actor and director Boman Irani’s online screenwriting class Spiralbound, Vrushali has had the privilege of attending guest lectures by Indo-Canadian novelist and playwright Anosh Irani through the programme. She considers i


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