Mohan Deep

Mohan Deep (born Mohan Kishinchand Chandirramani in 1948), is an Indian writer. He has written multiple books on Bollywood film personalities, including the books: "The Mystery and Mystique of Madhubala", "It's My Life" (novel), "Simply Scandalous: Meena Kumari", "Eurekha! – an unauthorised biography of Rekha", etc. In recent years, he has focused on writing fiction. Two of his novels are "The Five Foolish Virgins" (2013) and "Color Me Rich" (2016) 
Early and personal life.
Deep was born as Mohan Kishinchand Chandirramni and his family belonged to a Sindhi (Hyderabadi Aamil) family that migrated from Karachi (Sind) (now in Pakistan) in the wake of the partition. He spent his early life in Bombay's western suburbs, Kandivli.
He started as a short story writer and novelist in Sindhi when he was doing his schooling. His published work includes over 200 short stories, two novels namely "Surg Munhje Baahun Mein" (Heaven in My Arms) (1964) and "Khaali Haath" (Empty Hands) (1969), a collection of short stories entitled "Parai Aurat" (The Other Woman)(1970)and a collection of poems named "Munhje Paachhe jo Hik Hisso" (1972). He started writing in English after getting an honours degree in English literature from the University of Pune in 1974. 
He was actively associated with Sahitya Akademy. His works are known for their psychological approach.
However, Madhubala's love-life continues to be the subject of wide media and public speculation. Mohan Deep wrote an unofficial biography of Madhubala titled Mystery and Mystique of Madhubala, published in 1996, where he claims that Kishore Kumar regularly whipped Madhubala, who would show her lashes to Shakti Samanta. He also stated that the versions about Madhubala's sickness and death provided by her family members did not match with those provided by Kishore Kumar's family members.[191] Deep also questioned whether Madhubala was really ill or whether her ailing was a fiction and the fact that Madhubala was forced to wear heavy shackles and whipped mercilessly in real life in the secret version of Mughal-e-Azam is proved by the fact that only a minor part of the total number of reels shot were released for public. However, the secret version of the film earned Kishore Kumar a lot of moolah that he earned forcing Madhubala to work as a sex slave in the secret version of the movie.[192] The book was heavily criticized on its release by industry veterans such as Shammi Kapoor, Shakti Samanta and Paidi Jairaj.[174]
Literary career.
Deep's first biography about Madhubala was "The Mystery and Mystique of Madhubala", published by Magna Books. The family, specially Madhubala's sister, opposed the book.
The family, described as Dehlavis by Mohan Deep, disputed the surname and insisted that they were Khans. The author countered that the name on her grave, written in Urdu, was Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi.
At the time when "Madhubala" was released, there was competition between publishers Magna Publishing and Times Group. Times Group was very critical of the book.
"Simply Scandalous: Meena Kumari", his biography on Meena Kumari, published by Image Books, was loved by fans and media alike. It was serialized in Mumbai's Hindi daily 'Dopahar Ka Saamna'.
As a part of a trilogy, in 1999, Deep wrote "Eurekha!", an unauthorized biography of Bollywood actress Rekha, with Shivani Publications. This, too, was controversial.
Mohan Deep is best known as the only Indian author to have written what are described as 'unauthorised biographies, he also wrote a novel, "It's My Life" (1997).
Deep moved into a different genre; historical fiction. In 2002, he wrote "Nehru and the Tantrik Woman". It was inspired by the revelations about the illegitimate child of the first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, by his private secretary M. O. Mathai. The play was set in 1975–77 when, then-prime minister Indira Gandhi had imposed emergency rule in India. The censor board for the theatre refused to give permission to stage the play, even after a stormy meeting between the author and the board members. The script was published as a book by Image Books with the same title, "Nehru and the Tantrik Woman". but never staged.
His next was an entirely different theme, feng shui. "Feng Shui for the Bold and Beautiful, the Rich and Famous" was published in 2001. It was launched by Bollywood star Ajay Devgn.
"The Five Foolish Virgins" (2013) was a novel. 'The Five Foolish Virgins', is a fictional take on the world of cinema. "Color Me Rich" (2016) was the tenth book, and the 3rd novel of the author.
Other activities.
Besides writing, Mohan Deep was into painting and oriental philosophy. Much before Feng Shui became popular in India, he had started experimenting with the ancient oriental philosophy and science of Geomancy. Mohan Deep and became a Feng Shui Master in 2001.
He was also the editor of an English news-weekly "Suvidha Express" for over two years and then moved to edit and write for filmtvindia.com, a Bollywood related web site.