The "melodious orgasm" of an English woman, a passionate nawab who goes on an overdose of aphrodisiac, an English overseer angry at the ruler and the annexation of India - all in one mega Vijay Singh film.

After the success of "One Dollar Curry", the Paris-based Indian director is back in his home country, writing his new film quietly at his family's farmhouse on the outskirts of the capital.

The film is based on his 1992 novel "Whirlpool of Shadows".

"Many international directors wanted me to sell the film rights in the book but this is a film that I wanted to make myself," said Singh, a Rajasthani who studied history at the capital's St. Stephen's college and turned leftist at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

"It is going to be a fairly big film," said Singh, who went on to do a PhD in France and has written for big French newspapers like Le Monde and Liberation.

"Crossover chaps like me are bringing the world to India and taking India to the world," said Singh, who was awarded the Prix Villa Médicis Hors les Murs for foreign literature in 1990 and the Bourse Léonardo da Vinci in 1994.

He has made films on the profound and philosophical aspects of India, like in "Jaya Ganga", also derived from his book of the same name, or the joie de vivre of non-resident Indians in films like "One Dollar Curry".

"We had a great cast for 'One Dollar Curry', Vikram (Chatwal) was a young actor and a great find; so was Gabriella (Wright). We had a great time," said the director who once worked with the legendary Michael Foucault.

His books "Jaya Ganga" and "Whirlpool of Shadows" are also being printed and would be distributed soon in India. He said Indian authors have been able to add new dimensions to literature.

"I remember asking (literary agent) David Goodwin why Indian writing was being solicited so much and he said it's because Indian authors bring alternative insights, metaphors and smells and an alternative way of looking at things into their work.

"I have always never forgotten that. That is our strength."