The ea of writing a biography of Tilak originated with a plan conceived 15 years ago by the Filmistan Ltd. When Sir Chimanlal Setalwad was Chairman of its Board of Directors, Rai Bahadur Chuni Lall its managing Director and Mr. Shashadhar Mukherji its Producer- Director. I was working with them as Publicity Manager. The plan was that I should produce a small biography from the pictorial point of view to serve as a basis for a proper scenario. I had completed three chapters dealing with three important episodes in his life when Sir Chimanlal and a few months later Rai Bahadur Chuni Lal passed away and Filmistan Ltd. Dropped the plan. I went back to journalism and Tilak’s biography remained in cold storage. However, having commenced the biography, I thought of enlarging it into a sizable book, but something or other came in my way. On the first of August 1952, Mr. M.S. Aney publicly deplored in an article in the Kesari that there was not a good, dependable biography of Tilak in English, although it was a great need of all India. I met him and showed him what I had written. He encouraged me to pursue and finish the task as a national duty. I dece to obey.