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‘Someone asked if my book was influenced by Dhurandhar’: author Sarnath Banerjee

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · · 976 words · By Chintan Girish Modi
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What to know about ‘Someone asked if my book was influenced by Dhurandhar’: author Sarnath Banerjee

Have you ever stepped out of a cinema hall, wanting to run back and catch the next show of the same movie?

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What happened

Have you ever stepped out of a cinema hall, wanting to run back and catch the next show of the same movie?

Why it matters

That’s how one feels after reading Sarnath Banerjee’s latest graphic novel Absolute Jafar (HarperCollins India), a romance between Brighu from India and Mahrukh from Pakistan, which unfolds across Delhi, Chicago, Karachi and Berlin.

Common ground

The trauma that borders cause, moments of tenderness, wacky humour, and cinematic references pull one into the world that Banerjee has constructed.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Banerjee was once married to Pakistani artist Bani Abidi.”
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Three web search results independently state that Sarnath Banerjee was married to Bani Abidi, linking the personal relationship to public interest in the book's cross-border romance.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sarnath Banerjee (born 1972) is an Indian graphic novelist, artist, filmmaker and co-founder of the comics publishing house, Phantomville.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarnath_Banerjee
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web search NEUTRAL — The public curiosity about the cross-border relationship owes also to the fact that Banerjee was once married to Pakistani artist Bani Abidi. That said, tracking down autobiographical material instead…
https://primetimes.com.ng/2026/03/someone-asked-if-my-book-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — The public curiosity about the cross-border relationship owes also to the fact that Banerjee was once married to Pakistani artist Bani Abidi. That said, tracking down autobiographical material ...
https://www.thehindu.com/books/interview-sarnath-banerjee-gr…
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Claim 2: “Japanese animator Miyazaki stated that AI is anti-life.”
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No sources were found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to support the claim about Miyazaki's statement on AI.
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Claim 3: “Brighu’s father used to play Ustad Vilayat Khan’s music to wake him up.”
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No sources were found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to support the claim about Brighu's father and Ustad Vilayat Khan's music.
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Claim 4: “The interviewer has published in the anthologies Fearless Love and Bent Book.”
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No sources were found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to support the claim about the interviewer's publications in specific anthologies.
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Claim 5: “The book was started writing seven years ago.”
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Wikipedia entries provided for this claim are unrelated to the book's creation timeline. No evidence connects the claim to the graphic novel's publication history.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist (Persian: ولایت فقیه, romanized: Velâyat-e Faqih, also Velayat-e Faghih; Arabic: وِلاَيَةُ ٱلْفَقِيهِ, romanized: Wilāyat al-Faqīh), colloquially referred to as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardianship_of_the_Islamic_Ju…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Isma'il ibn Ja'far (Arabic: إسْماعِيل ٱبْن جَعْفَر ٱلْمُبَارَك, romanized: Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar al-Mubārak) was the eldest son of Ja'far al-Sadiq and the sixth Imam in Isma'ilism. He carried the epithet…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isma'il_ibn_Ja'far
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Shia clergy are the religious leaders of Shia Islam, who are educated in hawzas. Shia Islam places great importance on the guidance of clergy, and each branch of Shi'ism maintains its own clerical…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_clergy
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Claim 6: “Brighu plays Lucky Ali to wake up Jafar.”
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No sources were found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to support the claim about Brighu using Lucky Ali's music to wake Jafar.
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Claim 7: “Sarnath Banerjee’s graphic novel Absolute Jafar features a romance between Brighu from India and Mahrukh from Pakistan, which unfolds across Delhi, Chicago, Karachi and Berlin.”
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Multiple web search results independently confirm the graphic novel's story spans Delhi, Chicago, Karachi, and Berlin. The claim is explicitly stated in three distinct sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore the intricate layers of urban nostalgia and cultural inheritance in Sarnath Banerjee's 'Absolute Jafar'. This graphic novel captures the chaotic essence of Delhi and Kolkata thr…
https://openthemagazine.com/books/cities-of-drift-urban-nost…
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web search NEUTRAL — Banerjee's new book, Absolute Jafar, is an India-Pakistan love story that unfolds across Delhi, Chicago, Karachi and Berlin Published - March 27, 2026 06:15 am IST
https://www.thehindu.com/books/interview-sarnath-banerjee-gr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jafar, born of that romance, inherits a history he has no control over. As he grows up in Berlin, his father, Brighu, desperate to hold on to the fantasies of a fading home, tells him bedtime stories:…
https://harpercollins.co.in/product/absolute-jafar/
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