It seems like the trend of biopics on politicians has become a hot topic in Bollywood. The latest addition to the ever growing list is a biopic on Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi. The makers of a movie, titled My Name Is RaGa, unveiled the title and the cast of their film along with the trailer.
The latest update comes after Omung Kumar had announced that he would make a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Tentatively titled Modi, the movie stars Vivek Oberoi, who is set to play the title role.
My Name Is Raga is directed by Saint Dracula and Kamasutra 3D helmer Rupesh Paul. The film, backed by India Internet Channel, also features the interlinked stories of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and even PM Narendra Modi along with BJP president Amit Shah.
Watch the trailer of the movie here:
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Talking to Tribune about his movie, Rupesh said, “The movie has no intentions to glorify Rahul or to demystify him. It’s the story of a coming back of a human being who had been ridiculously attacked. Anyone who has fearlessly confronted defeat and failure can relate to this story. In that sense, I don’t want to call this a biopic, it’s a story of any man who becomes unstoppable after he wins over a catastrophic life.”
He added, “We are planning to shoot at interesting locations like Collins College in the USA and Doon school in Dehradun. We are keeping a small schedule left for shooting until the movie is going for release. The small schedule will be covering the latest, updated scheme of events.”
“So basically we will wait for 10% of the shooting schedule since it's a political movie and political events keep happening unexpectedly. So we would keep a buffer slot of 10% to cover the political developments which may happen during the shoot. This will make the movie look very fresh during the release," concluded the filmmaker.
2019 began with the biopic on former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh which released by the name of The Accidental Prime Minister. It starred Anupam Kher, who played the lead. This was followed by Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Thackeray, based on the life of Shiv Sena leader late Balasaheb Thackeray, released after some controversies.
