Late actress Priya Rajvansh's book rights acquired for biopic, producer shares 'it'll be a love story of a director and a heroine'
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Priya Rajvansh's biopic will be helmed by National award-winning filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar.
New Delhi: Producer Deepak Mukut’s Soham Rockstar Entertainment has acquired the rights of author Subodh Lal’s book ‘Priya Interrupted’ based on the late actress Priya Rajvansh.
The successful producer, who will be producing the film ‘Priya Interrupted’ on the lives of actress Priya Rajvansh and filmmaker Chetan Anand, said he wanted to acquire the rights of the book because of its “mystery, thrill and suspense element”.
“It’s a very unique and untold story of the journey of the yesteryear actress Priya Rajvansh. The mystery and suspense associated with her life really attracted me to make a movie. Also, we wanted to highlight the history and glory of Indian cinema through the veteran and renowned filmmaker Chetan Anand. It’s basically a love story of a director and a Hindi film heroine and has shades of romance, mystery, thrill, drama and suspense.”
Author Subodh Lal adds, “Priya and I were very close. She shared a lot of information about herself, her schooling, her years outside India (especially in England) and of course her association with Chetan Anand and his brothers Dev and Vijay. I could see that she really wanted to remain truthfully frank. Most details and episodes in the book are based on these conversations. Then, of course, being a frequent visitor to Chetan Anand's house, conversations with the extended Anand family, helped. She, of all persons, was much misunderstood, which pained her.Thus, her going away the way was very painful for me and my wife. Hence the book ''Priya Interrupted''. I feel so good that her story will now reach a wide audience."
On collaborating with producer Deepak Mukut, he adds, "I first met Deepak during my term with Zee Telefilms in the early 90's. I was, as Executive President of the company required to meet a lot of people - including so many from the film world. Among those people was this young man in his twenties - clear headed, correct and persuasive. He made a fine impression on me. To once again work with Deepak after a gap of a quarter of a century is really such a good feeling!"
