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Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia

Tekijä: S. Hussain Zaidi

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'By far the best book on Mumbai Mafia.' - Anil Kapoor 'If it wasn't for this book there would be no Shootout at Wadala.' - Sanjay Gupta 'Hussain Zaidi is a master storyteller.' - John Abraham Dongri to Dubai is the first ever attempt to chronicle the history of the Mumbai mafia. It is the story of notorious gangsters like Haji Mastan, Karim Lala, Varadarajan Mudaliar, Chhota Rajan, Abu Salem, but above all, it is the story of a young man who went astray despite having a father in the police force. Dawood Ibrahim was initiated into crime as a pawn in the hands of the Mumbai police and went on to wipe out the competition and eventually became the Mumbai police's own nemesis. The narrative encompasses several milestones in the history of crime in India, from the rise of the Pathans, formation of the Dawood gang, the first ever supari, mafia's nefarious role in Bollywood, Dawood's move to Karachi, and Pakistan's subsequent alleged role in sheltering one of the most wanted persons in the world. This story is primarily about how a boy from Dongri became a don in Dubai, and captures his bravado, cunningness, focus, ambition, and lust for power in a gripping narrative. The meticulously researched book provides an in-depth and comprehensive account of the mafia's games of supremacy and internecine warfare.… (lisätietoja)
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This book is an encyclopedia of the Mumbai underworld, with a special focus on Dawood Ibrahim, India's most wanted mafia boss. It contains the stories of almost all major gangsters who have walked the streets of Bombay (and Mumbai), which makes this book a fascinating read. The research that has gone into this work seems mindboggling...
I have only a couple of issues with this book... Firstly, the chronology of the events seems jumbled. And, the narrative is repetitive at several places.
An interesting book overall, I enjoyed it a lot. ( )
  aravind_aar | Nov 21, 2021 |
The book gives a detailed picture of Mumbai's mafia - right from it's beginning to the rise of the most wanted don and it's aftermath. The story is gripping though the writing gets a bit irksome at few points. ( )
  pinaki.s | Jul 12, 2021 |
recommeded for all indians ( )
  devendradave | Sep 1, 2020 |
Good quick read on the raise of Mumbai mafia. Not very comprehensive but just about sufficient. Very well researched which was expected given that the author is a Newspaper Journalist (crime reporter).
At various stages of reading the book there was uncanny resemblances to various bollywood movies which could have been "inspiration". In fact i remembered following movies as i was reading Deewar (probably depicting Haaji Mastan's earlier days as dockyard coolie), Satya (many instances of killings mentioned in book were similarly depicted like the use of hammer to break windshield etc), Company (a la D-Company), Once upon a time in Mumbai (again Haji-Dawood story) , Shootout at Lookhandwala, Shootout at Wadala (Manya Survey encounter)...
the book is a Good quick read and some info were really shocking. ( )
  _RSK | Jan 26, 2016 |
Make no mistake. It's the topic that is gripping, not the writing. S. Hussain Zaidi, with Black Friday under his belt, knows a a lot about the underworld - cannot deny him that, but I daresay that the book is full of typos, and the writing leaves a lot to be desired. I don't think I've ever come across a non-fictional account that was so palpably fictional. He admits this in the epilogue, but it should have been in the foreword - considering at several points I was going "But how in the world would he know that!". It's almost like he's handing would be directors a screenplay. If that's what this is meant to be, then he has succeeded. He could have toned down the dramatization - he writes as though he was there - witnessing it all, as it was happening. This one, cliched as it may sound, is a very blatant glamorization of the underworld. ( )
  maximnoronha | Apr 18, 2015 |
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'By far the best book on Mumbai Mafia.' - Anil Kapoor 'If it wasn't for this book there would be no Shootout at Wadala.' - Sanjay Gupta 'Hussain Zaidi is a master storyteller.' - John Abraham Dongri to Dubai is the first ever attempt to chronicle the history of the Mumbai mafia. It is the story of notorious gangsters like Haji Mastan, Karim Lala, Varadarajan Mudaliar, Chhota Rajan, Abu Salem, but above all, it is the story of a young man who went astray despite having a father in the police force. Dawood Ibrahim was initiated into crime as a pawn in the hands of the Mumbai police and went on to wipe out the competition and eventually became the Mumbai police's own nemesis. The narrative encompasses several milestones in the history of crime in India, from the rise of the Pathans, formation of the Dawood gang, the first ever supari, mafia's nefarious role in Bollywood, Dawood's move to Karachi, and Pakistan's subsequent alleged role in sheltering one of the most wanted persons in the world. This story is primarily about how a boy from Dongri became a don in Dubai, and captures his bravado, cunningness, focus, ambition, and lust for power in a gripping narrative. The meticulously researched book provides an in-depth and comprehensive account of the mafia's games of supremacy and internecine warfare.

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