Meri Atmakatha

This book reveals much about this unique and difficult man...a uniquely vivid portrayal. The New York Times Charlie Chaplin would be both amazed and inspired by the sight of decorated vaudeville stars passing by his house. He was very young then. But the desire to become an actor that arose in his heart at that time remained with him throughout his life. This is his autobiography. It also reveals many other aspects of the life of Charlie Chaplin, known worldwide as the Little Tramp. His childhood spent in extreme poverty in the slums of South London, his parents strained relationship, his beginnings in acting on the music hall stage, his breakthrough in America, his artistic struggle to maintain control over his work, the anguish of a series of failed marriages, his exile from Hollywood due to leftist politics and personal accusations... This book traces every stage of his life; How he thought and how he made decisions. What he thought about the politics of his time and its great leaders, his encounters with contemporaries including Bernard Shaw, Einstein, and Gandhiall of this is covered. Charlie Chaplins own story, in his own words, is one of the most remarkable figures of the twentieth century.