Gangster on the Run, Puja Changoiwala
Gangster on the Run, Puja Changoiwala
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Gangster on the Run
The True Story of a Reformed Criminal

Author: Puja Changoiwala, Neha Gargava

Narrator: Neha Gargava

Unabridged: 9 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/10/2021

Synopsis

He ran from a life of drugs and bullets.Now, he runs to shatter records.
Rahul Jadhav took the name 'Bhiku' after a character from the 1998 cult classic Satya - a gangster who was everything Rahul once wanted to be. Capturing his don's attention as a tech-literate criminal, running his extortion ring over Skype, Rahul found himself shouting threats down the barrel of his gun and became one of the most wanted gangsters of his time. After his arrest in 2007, the extortionist and hitman was left a shadow of his former self, ravaged by alcoholism and drug abuse - which twisted his mind into a near schizophrenic state. That was only part of his journey. Today, the gunrunner is an ultra-marathoner who has covered nearly 10,000 kilometres - including a 2019 run from Gateway of India to India Gate - and aims to shatter the national stadium run record. Written by award-winning journalist Puja Changoiwala, this is the extraordinary story of a hitman who became a de-addiction counselor and outran his demons, leaving them far behind in the murky shadows of gangland.

About Puja Changoiwala

Puja Changoiwala is an award-winning journalist and author of two non-fiction books – Gangster on the Run and The Front Page Murders. Her work has been featured across news networks, publications and more, including BBC, CNN, The Hindu, the Guardian, National Geographic and Al Jazeera.Previously a senior correspondent with Hindustan Times, Puja is a recipient of the International Centre for Journalists' Covid-19 Reporting Award, the Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity, Red Ink Award for Excellence in Indian Journalism and the Iceland Writers Award among others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by moonlight_review on November 27, 2020

Gangster on the run Can a person really change after having a controversial past? This book is a biography of Rahul Jadhav. As a young innocent boy from Dombivali, he thought it wasn't possible for him to achieve all that he desired through right way, so he turned to underworld. He was a gangster, an u......more

Goodreads review by Stephy on November 09, 2020

*Gangster on the Run* The world is unjust, and the way a person deals with the unfairness makes him different. The Gangster on the Run is the story of an innocent boy who dreamed big, but the unfair world never let him climb up the ladder on a righteous path, or at least, he thought so. Born on the th......more

Goodreads review by Divya on October 02, 2020

I loved this book! What a brilliant tale of struggle and salvation - what really struck me was how human it was. From the heady job of having someone's life and money in his hands to cleaning a drainage pipe, I was right there, beside Rahul Jadhav as he srted his intense issues and rose like a phoen......more

Goodreads review by Komal on November 26, 2020

This is the story of Rahul Ramakant Jadhav, who at a very young and impressionable age wanted to make easy money and idolized the likes of Dawood Ibrahim. He eventually decides to become the "Bhikhu" of organized crime, after he saw the movie Satya 17 times and embodied the character of Bhikhu. ( Bol......more

Goodreads review by Priya Shrinath on December 05, 2020

Gangster on the Run is the story of Rahul Jadhav, an ex-gangster, hitman, alcoholic and whatnot. It is a biography and it doesn't feel so. If you're a fan of pacy, Netflix-like suspense thrillers, then this book will impress you from page 1. So, Rahul had a tough childhood growing up in the rural Dom......more

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