On Roy’s birthday this year on June 10, producers Sandeep Singh and Dr. Jayantilal Gada with director Sudipto Sen had announced SAHARASRI ,a biopic on the founder of Sahara India Pariwar. The film is expected to have music by A R Rahman , currently being severely criticized for his alleged distortion of a legendary Bengali song in the war film Pippa, and lyrics by Gulzar, no less!
However nothing more was heard about the biopic after the grand announcement on Roy’s 75th birthday.
I now have it from knowledgeable source that Anil Kapoor would be playing Subrata Roy in Saharasri.
“It is not locked in as yet. Anil has reservations about certain controversial aspects of Subrata Roy’s life. Those would have to be looked into. But in principle,Anil Kapoor is on,” informs a source in the know.
