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Acclaimed filmmaker Anand Gandhi, known for his innovative films Tumbbad<\/strong> and Ship of Theseus<\/strong>, is stepping into the literary world as a co-author with game designer Zain Memon. Their new sci-fi fantasy book, Maya: Seed Takes Root<\/strong>, promises to launch an expansive storytelling universe that includes films, novels, games, and more.<\/p>\n The excitement for Maya: Seed Takes Root<\/strong> reached new heights during its Kickstarter campaign, which quickly surpassed its funding goal. Just hours after launching, the project secured over 430% of its target, making it a record-breaking success and the fastest-rising debut novel on the platform.<\/p>\n Kickstarter serves as a platform for creators to pre-sell their projects, allowing fans to support projects before they hit the market. Readers can expect to get their hands on Maya: Seed Takes Root<\/strong> in January 2026.<\/p>\n Expressing their gratitude, Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon shared, \u201cToday, we laid the foundation of MAYA. It’s both exciting and reassuring to see such an enthusiastic response. This shows there’s a demand for a new mythology that resonates with today’s questions.\u201d<\/p>\n With this remarkable start, Maya: Seed Takes Root<\/strong> is set to become one of the most eagerly awaited sci-fi fantasy novels of 2026, offering a fresh and ambitious take in the genre.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Acclaimed filmmaker Anand Gandhi, known for his innovative films Tumbbad and Ship of Theseus, is stepping into the literary world as a co-author with game designer Zain Memon. Their new sci-fi fantasy book, Maya: Seed Takes Root, promises to launch an expansive storytelling universe that includes films, novels, games, and more. The excitement for Maya:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[21412,21413,514,1589,21414],"class_list":["post-17445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bollywood","tag-anand-gandhi","tag-maya-seed-takes-root","tag-news","tag-tumbbad","tag-zain-memon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}