BHUBANESWAR: Bollywood movie
"Budhia Singh-Born to Run"
, a biopic based on
child prodigy Budhia Singh
, is due for screening at the
River to River Florence Indian Film Festival
, Italy, on December 6 along with Karan Johar produced Kapoor and Sons, according to director of the
film Soumendra Padhi
.
The six-day festival starts on December 3.
Padhi, who
hails from Odisha
, said he is very happy that the festival has chosen to screen his first feature film amongst many global entries.
The film is based on the relationship between Budhia and his judo coach Biranchi Das, played by Manoj Vajpayee. Das rescued the little boy from one of Bhubaneswar's notorious slums, discovered his talent and helped him achieve incredible heights. Das was shot dead in Bhubaneswar in April 2008.
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