Amrita Tripathi, Jaipur: Booker prize winning author Ian McEwan is currently in India for the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival. In an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN Correspondent Amrita Tripathi, McEwan spoke about Indian writing, his favourite books and Atonement, the film based on his book of the same name.

Amrita Tripathi: Let's start with Atonement because a picture has been made on it. What are your thoughts on the movie?

Ian McEwan: Well I think it has come up very well. Usually these things can be a nightmare for a novelist. You sell the rights and then sit back, hope and keep your figures crossed. In this case it is quite an expensive movie and often the results are not very good. This time I am very fortunate. A marvellous director, fantastic cast, young girl played by Saoirse Ronan, she has got an Oscar nomination too. I stayed involved as an executive producer. It was a real pleasure and thrill watching it win the Golden Globe and get these nominations. We have got the BAFTA Awards too coming up in London.

Amrita Tripathi: There is a lot of buzz about Indian writing. What are your thoughts on it?

Ian McEwan: There has been a buzz about Indian writing for the last quarter of a century ever since Salman Rushdie burst on the scene. It has been fantastic for many other British writers to have a complete reinvention of the language and new subjects. But more than that the actual quality, taste, feel of the language, has had a profound affect on all of us. The Indian writers have come and are an established part of the scene and have been.