Vidya Balan To Play Poet-Columnist-Author Kamala Das On The Big Screen
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Thursday, 11th Feb 2016, 2:43 PM IST Vidya Balan is all set to star in a biopic once again. The actress will be seen in Hindi-Malayalam bilingual flick based on the life of poet-columnist-author Kamala Das. It will be a three-part film which will trace Kamala’s life story, starting with her marriage to a banker, Madhav, at the age of 15. He encouraged her to write, and her open and honest treatment of female sexuality made her an iconic author of her generation. The second part revolves around her autobiography, Ente Katha, which has been translated in English as My Story. And the third section begins with her conversion to Islam at 67 and ends with her death at 75. Director Kamal said, "Vidya is one of the first actresses who explored female sexuality unapologetically in films like Ishqiya and The Dirty Picture. She was the perfect choice for the role since the beginning. I first approached her for the Malayalam film but now we will be shooting it as a bilingual, in Malayalam and Hindi simultaneously." Incidentally, Vidya was supposed to make her Malayalam debut opposite South superstar Mohanlal with Kamal's ‘Chakram’. However, the film was shelved. Last year in November, Kamal met Vidya. The actress liked the script but was sifting through a dozen biopics and chose to not sign on the dotted line. A source said, "She signed up last week." The movie will be in Germany, Spain and France. Now you can enjoy ad-free experience by downloading India’s first Box Office mobile app from here –Android: http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleMobileApp and iOS: bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp |