Ram Kamal Mukherjee whose previous two short films ‘Cakewalk’ and ‘Season’s Greetings’ earned appreciations is set to make a biopic on ‘
Binodini Dasi
’ who rose to fame as
Notee Binodini
.
The author turned director always wanted to do a film on Bengal theatre along with its impact on social reform and now he has collaborated with a young producer Aritra Das to finally materialize his dream project. Incidentally, Aritra has jointly produced Ram Kamal’s previous ventures.
Amid this Lockdown, Ram Kamal is now working on the script as shoots has been stalled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“I am working on the script right now and the cast is not yet finalised. It will cover the entire journey of
Noti Binodini
and her fight to establish herself in the social strata as someone more than a nautch girl,” said the filmmaker.
The cast of the film, tentatively titled ‘Binodini Dasi’ hasn’t yet finalized but the director is looking for an established face to portray Notee Binodini.
Incidentally,
Pradeep Sarkar is set to make a Hindi film on Bengal’s very own Binodini Dasi as well, but that will be in Bollywood.
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