Judges Kamila Shamsie, Rohini Mohan and Margaret Mascarenhas will announce the winner in November.
His debut novel The Story of a Brief Marriage, set in the backdrop of the civil war.
'Talent is very important. It's a mix of everything -- you need to be a great dancer, you need to have good looks, you need to be glamorous... The newcomers these days rarely have all these qualities. It's been a while; no one has that oomph factor yet. Either someone is sexy but okay in performance or somebody is extremely good at performing and okay (looking).' Raai Laxmi turns sexy for Julie 2.
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