Sanjay Gandhi biopic scripting is on, cast not decided, says director Hansal Mehta

“I have been told every time [I make a film] that there will be a lot of pressure. Around Shahid (2013), too, I was told that I will get calls, and will be threatened. It’s normal,” says Hansal Mehta.Long time after its inception, Bollywood is having a love affair with biopics. Not only are there biopics being made rigorously, but are minting money at the Box Office too. The last one being ‘Manjhi – The Mountain Man’ starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

The latest to join to the coveted list is National Award winning director Hansal Mehta, who is planning to helm a biopic on Sanjay Gandhi. The movie, which is based on the late journalist-author Vinod Mehta’s book, The Sanjay Story, is still in the scripting stage.

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According to a report published in Hindustan Times, Hansal Mehta elaborates why he decided to make a biopic on Sanjay Gandhi. He says, “Sanjay Gandhi was one of the biggest forces of the phase during Emergency. I am attempting to retell the story of that era through the eyes of someone who was important, but still not as important. His mother (Indira Gandhi) was the Prime Minister [at that time], and she declared Emergency. And he was a fringe player, who was very important.”

“I have been told every time [I make a film] that there will be a lot of pressure. Around Shahid (2013), too, I was told that I will get calls, and will be threatened. It’s normal. What you should bother about is the story. People troll you and call you all kinds of names. It doesn’t affect me. It only means that my story has somewhere affected people,” he adds.

The cast for the biopic, however, hasn’t been decided as yet.