Gurinder Chadha’s Next To Be Based On Lord Mountbatten
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Friday, 30th Jan 2015, 3:10 PM IST NRI filmmaker Gurinder Chadha, who is famously known for films like ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ and ‘Bride & Prejudice’, is now all set to make a movie on Lord Mountbatten. Talking about the movie, she said, "There are the so-called facts that we grew up reading about Mountbatten's closing months in India. But there are secret documents which I've unearthed. These point to another truth which I'll reveal in my film." "My husband Paul (Mayeda Berges) who has co-scripted the film with me and I have bought the rights of two books Narinder Singh's Sarla's ‘The Shadow Of The Great Game’ and Larry Colins & Dominiue Lapierre's ‘Freedom At Midnight’. These, plus the documents on Mountbatten that we've unearthed, will serve as the basis of the plot," she added. It is heard that she wants to cast Colin Firth as Mountbatten, Naseeruddin Shah as Jinnah and Saif Ali Khan as Jawaharlal Nehru. However, right now she is not ready to reveal the cast of the film. "All I'll say is, I want actors who fit perfectly into every part. The acting style has changed tremendously in Indian cinema since I worked with Aishwarya Rai in ‘Bride & Prejudice’ ten years ago. I see a lot of very natural actors in India. And I'm eager to work with them." She will be shooting the film in India. "I'll be shooting in and around Jodhpur and Rajasthan. I am really excited about this one because we've never really had a British view of the Partition of India. Interestingly, that British view would come from me, a director whose cultural allegiance to India and Britain are equally strong," Gurinder said. 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 | |||