Take a bow KSD! One crackling humor- ous novel is difficult enough, you have now given us two. I thought Ice Boys in Bell-bottoms was going to be a difficult act to follow (and it was meant to be the first of a trilogy, but the second is yet to come) but you have come up with the seriously funny Jump Cut. Indian English readers have waited decades for a writer like this.
The problem with writing reviews for novels is that however circumspect you are you may still end up revealing too much and spoiling things for new readers. So, apologies in advance to both the writer and potential readers. This is a novel set in Chennai (where else), a city that seems to flow in the veins of KSD, a city of celluloid dreams and nightmares, a city that gets a regular supply of aspirants from the smaller towns and villages, and a city that sends a regular supply of aspirants to the United States of America.