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

After a long wait on Tuesday evening Bharatiya Janata Party President JP Nadda announced Draupadi Murmu as the NDA’s Presidential candidate. As he informed, Ms Murmu name was been picked out of the 20 names for Presidential nominee by BJP parliamentary board as the board wanted to have a candidate from the eastern part of India, a woman and should be from the Adivasi community, which has, till now, never had a representative to occupy the highest post in the country.

So finally Droupadi Murmu (64), a tribal leader from Odisha and former Jharkhand Governor, has been named as BJP-led NDA’s choice for the next President of India.

In the word of Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Draupadi Murmu, an woman, totally devoting her life to serving society and empowering the poor, downtrodden as well as the marginalized, has rich administrative experience and had an outstanding gubernatorial tenure and will be the great president of the nation.

Looking in to the personal profile of Ms. Murmu, She has a long career in education as a teacher as well as in politics. She was a two term MLA and minister (between 2000-2004) in the coalition government of the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal-BJP government in the State and has a record as being the first governor of Jharkhand to complete the full term (2015-2021) more than fits the bill.

Draupadi Murmu was born on June 20, 1958, in Baidaposi village of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha, to Biranchi Narayan Tudu. Both Tudu and her grandfather were village headmen under the Panchayati Raj system.

She completed her graduation from Rama Devi Women’s College in Bhubhaneswar, Odisha. After working as an assistant professor at the Shri Aurobindo Integral Education and Research and as a junior assistant at the irrigation department of the government of Odisha, she joined the BJP in 1997. In the same year, she was elected councillor of Rairangpur and elected vice chairperson of the area as well.

In the 2000 Assembly polls, she was elected from Rairangpur and made minister in the BJD-BJP coalition government in the State. As minister, she handled various portfolios such as transport and commerce, fisheries and animal husbandry till 2004, when she was reelected as MLA. At the same time, she remained committed to the party, and she was variously district president of the BJP unit in Mayurbhanj, and State president of the BJP Scheduled Tribe Morcha between 2006-2009.In 2015, she was declared Jharkhand governor.

Draupadi Murmu had married to Shyam Charan Murmu. The couple had two sons, and a daughter. But very unfortunately She lossed her husband and two son as they died and now she is living Only with her daughter.

If she got elected, Ms. Murmu will be the first tribal , Second woman president and also be the first president to be born after Independence.

“For the first time, preference has been given to a woman tribal candidate. We announce Draupadi Murmu as NDA’s candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections… BJP parliamentary board discussed 20 names for presidential nominee, it was decided to pick someone from east India, a tribal & woman,” BJP chief JP Nadda said while announcing the name of Murmu as the Presidential candidate of the BJP.

“Like Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Draupadi Murmu has been associated with the field of education for a long time and has been a legislator and a minister,” he further added. Among other key appointments, Murmu has headed the transport and commerce departments in the government of Odisha and has won the Neelkanth award for legislator in 2007.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah also welcomed the announcement of Murmu’s name as the BJP’s Presidential candidate and said that “this decision will elevate tribal pride to new heights.” “I congratulate PM Narendra Modi for this decision,” Shah said in a tweet.

“I welcome Draupadi Murmu’s name as the Presidential candidate. She is a capable and deserving candidate; has worked in different roles & responsibilities including for the poor, tribals, and women. She’ll fulfill her responsibilities even at this post,” said Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.

Responding to the development, Murmu said that she was ‘pleasantly surprised’ by the announcement of her name. “Surprised as well as delighted on learning to be NDA’s Presidential candidate,” she said, news agency PTI reported. She further said that she would request Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for support in Presidential polls as the daughter of the soil.

“Hope all Odisha MPs and MLAs will support me as I was MLA from state twice and Minister in BJD-BJP government,” she said.

With this, the stage is set for a contest between Yashwant Sinha, the Opposition’s choice for the nominee of the President of India, and Murmu, the NDA’s choice. “We have given a candidate who can truly serve as the custodian of the constitution & stop the current government from doing further damage to Indian Democracy & India’s social fabric. A committee has been formed to steer Shri Sinha’s campaign which will start working from today,” said NCP chief Sharad Pawar, while backing the Opposition’s choice.