New Delhi: A film on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been announced today. It has been Titled “Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon, Yeh Desh Rehna Chahiye – Atal”,
The movie is an adaptation of Ullekh NP’s book The Untold Vajpayee: Politician and Paradox. Filmmaker Sandeep Singh and producer Vinod Bhanushali are jointly going to project the film .
The film will be an adaptation of Penguin Random House India’s book “The Untold Vajpayee: politician and paradox” by author Ullekh NP.
Filmmaker Sandeep Singh shared a statement writing on Instagram as “Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji was one of the greatest leaders of Indian history who won hearts of enemies with his words, who lead the nation affirmatively and created the blue print of progressive India. Being a filmmaker, I feel that cinema is the best medium to communicate such untold stories, that will unveil not only his political ideologies, but his humane and poetic aspects, that made him the most loved ” leader of opposition” as well as India’s most progressive Prime Minister.”
‘Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon’, Yeh Desh Rehna Chahiye – Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee.’ Presenting #ATAL, a film on the life story of India’s most exemplary leader, renowned poet, and a visionary. Sandeep added.”
The makers are currently scouting for an actor to portray the role of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon, Yeh Desh Rehna Chahiye – Atal.
The film is scheduled to go on floors in early 2023. The biopic will be released on Christmas 2023, which marks the 99th birth anniversary of Vajpayee.
It can be noted that director Sandeep Singh, had earlier directed the biopic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is again coming back with another biopic and this time on former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who led the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government from 1998-2004, was the first-ever leader from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to have become the nation’s Prime Minister. He served as Prime Minister thrice — briefly in 1996, and then for two terms between 1998 and 2004.
One of the prominent leaders of the country and founder members of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Vajpayee died on August 16, 2018, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after a prolonged illness. He was 93.
The late leader was conferred Bharat Ratna in 2015. He had also been awarded Pt Govind Ballabh Pant Award for Best Parliamentarian in 1994. (ANI)
By Nilanchal Naik
