Praful Shah, a Mumbai based author and journalist, hails from a village called LATHI (Gujarat, India). This small village is famous for its royal poet Kalapi alias Sursinghji Takhtsinghji Gohil. Since last four decades Praful Shah has written innumerable famous articles and thousands of stories in Guajarati newspapers. He is a very popular and known figure. In many popular newspapers he has held several important posts with complete dedication. Apart from this he has vast knowledge of Cinema, having attended 5 International Film Festivals. He has that special knack of writing about famous personalities, their thought provoking ideas and ideals; he goes deep into their lives after proper after proper investigation and research and in a very interesting way.