'Unlike Rustom, Sylvia walked into her lover Prem's arms willingly': Bachi Karkaria on Nanavati scandal

Unlike in film Rustom, Sylvia walked into her lover's arms willingly: Bachi Karkaria on Nanavati scandal

Author of In Hot Blood talks to Kaveree Bamzai about the characters her research yielded.

In hot blood

[Book extract] It’s mind-boggling to think of what television would do with this made-for-TRPs story, but print was the only media then.

In defending his wife's honour, the 'honourable murderer' is absolved not just by public opinion, but also by the jury.

In the 1963 film based on the Nanavati trial, she dies of guilt. In the new one, she is pardoned by her noble husband.