Shamya Dasgupta is many things, but one of those is a writer. Not just any writer, he is a person who believes in magnifying and presenting stories that have been around and near us forever. Like the story of The Ramsay family, arguably the first family of Indian Horror. As he gears for the Mumbai launch of his Book, ‘Don’t Disturb the Dead’, we got in touch with the man who brought the life of The Ramsays to paper. Here’s our exclusive interview: What inspired you to write the book? I’m not sure. I think the sequence would be this: An appreciation for the Ramsay films, a general interest in telling stories, especially little-known ones, meeting Amit Ramsay, Arjun Ramsay’s son and an entertainment journalist, thinking about the Ramsays and doing a bit of research, realising that the concept of a seven-brother family producing low-budget but very successful horror films was quite an incredible story, and then getting down to doing the interviews and putting it together. The idea of the Ramsays was inspiration enough. How was the process of writing the book? How long did it take? The process was quite the same as with any other book. The handicap [...]