Irrfan confirmed for Udham Singh biopic |
Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar`s longtime for his Udham Singh biopic is over with actor Irrfan Khan. The director as well as the actor has s confirmed that the actor, with whom he previously made `Piku`, will play the lead role in the biopic of the revolutionary, who assassinated Michael O`Dwyer, the former Lieutenant Governor of Punjab in British India in 1940, to avenge the 1919 massacre of Jalianwala bagh. This news comes as the biggest relief for Irrfan`s fans, who have been praying for the actor`s health since he announced in March that he has been suffering from a neu says that Irrfan is doing fine. Earlier, there were reports that Ranbir Kapoor would star in the film, but during the promotions of Shoojit`s film, October, in April, the director denied the rumours. It will not be wrong to call Udham Singh biopic Shoojit`s dream project. Shoojit says he has been working on the story for 18-19 years now. When he moved to Mumbai, this was the first film that he wanted to make but something else would always come up. It is set in the pre-Independence era, so it was a little difficult to he had said.
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