Namita Gupta in conversation with Bangalore's Kodava-pride Biddu, who with his quick wit and energy shares his highs and lows before he launches his debut book Made in India, this evening in the city

Bangalore-born, Biddu may have shifted base from India to London, but his words still resound in our hearts making it go Boom Boom. Biddu composed timeless pop-hits like Aap Jaisa Koi, Disco Deewanu00e9, Aao Na, Lekin Mera Dil and the oh-so-famous Dil Bolu00e9 Boom Boom. He also produced music for the international title Kung-fu Fighting and the Made in India album with Alisha Chinai.

Namita Gupta: We are happy you came out of your shell. What took you so long to come out of this closet?
Biddu: I worked on the Indian idol Abhijit's Sawant's music album, but I didn't want to take away the focus from him. I wanted to move from song writing to book writing. I spent the last three years in Spain working on my fictional book, which I brought to sell in India last February. But every publishing company offered me a deal to write my autobiography along with it. The first book, which I was actually writing, will come out in the next six months and this one's out first since the company preferred my autobiography.