Mumbai : Filmmaker Hansal Mehta has come on board to direct Applause Leisure`s sequence titled ‘Gandhi’.
Primarily based on the writings of notable historian and writer, Ramachandra Guha, the sequence might be tailored from his two books ‘Gandhi earlier than India’ and ‘Gandhi-The Years that Modified the World’. The sequence will star Pratik Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi. The challenge marks Hansal`s third collaboration with Pratik after ‘Rip-off 1992’ and ‘Baai’.
Set within the interval of the Indian Independence wrestle, Applause will produce ‘Gandhi’ at a global customary for a worldwide viewers and movie it extensively throughout a number of Indian and international places. Excited concerning the challenge, Hansal mentioned, “Once you communicate of a historic and iconic determine like Mahatma Gandhi, there’s already a substantial amount of duty on you as a filmmaker. Our imaginative and prescient with the sequence is to make it as true-to-life as doable and supported by Ramachandra Guha`s work, we’re assured and enthusiastic that we are going to carry audiences one thing to recollect. With a standard imaginative and prescient for this formidable narrative, I’m excited to kickstart a brand new journey, but once more with Sameer and the group at Applause.”
“The story of Mahatma Gandhi is extra than simply the story of an ideal particular person; it is usually the story of the start of a nation and plenty of different dramatis personae, who together with Gandhi, gained freedom for India. We at Applause are honoured to have this chance to inform this vital story of India and to carry alive the wealthy historical past of the Indian Freedom wrestle in a deeply layered multi-season drama sequence. A narrative of this magnitude wants a filmmaker of equal stature and in Hansal now we have discovered our good storyteller,” Sameer Nair, CEO Applause Leisure, shared.”
The making of Gandhi might be an emotional expertise, and when a sequence of this magnitude and significance is made, it wants individuals who actually consider in its import. With Hansal`s directorial imaginative and prescient, Pratik`s delicately nuanced efficiency and Siddhartha Basu becoming a member of the artistic course of, we’re excited to carry Gandhi`s, and India`s journey, to a worldwide viewers,” Sameer added.
Additionally, Siddhartha Basu, considered the `Father of Indian Tv Quizzing` has joined the challenge because the historic advisor, factual advisor and artistic advisor.