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December 13, 2020 5:06:34 pm
Vishwanathan Anand biopic will be directed and co-produced by Aanand L Rai. (Photo: Aanand L Rai/Instagram, Express Archive)
Ace filmmaker Aanand L Rai is set to direct a biopic on Indian chess grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand. The yet-untitled biopic will be co-produced by Rai’s Colour Yellow Productions and Mahaveer Jain’s Sundial Entertainment.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter to break the news. “A biopic on chess grandmaster #ViswanathanAnand has been planned… The biopic – not titled yet – will be directed by Aanand L Rai… Produced by Sundial Entertainment [Mahaveer Jain] and Colour Yellow Productions [Aanand L Rai],” he tweeted.
BIOPIC ON VISWANATHAN ANAND… A biopic on #Indian chess grandmaster #ViswanathanAnand has been planned… The biopic – not titled yet – will be directed by Aanand L Rai… Produced by Sundial Entertainment [Mahaveer Jain] and Colour Yellow Productions [Aanand L Rai]. pic.twitter.com/fNBtdza2Dq
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) December 13, 2020
The makers are yet to make a formal announcement. Details on the cast and other aspects of the film are also awaited.
Aanand L Rai is currently filming romantic drama Atrangi Re, starring Sara Ali Khan and Dhanush in the lead roles. Superstar Akshay Kumar plays a special part in the film. The movie has been penned by Rai’s longtime collaborator, Himanshu Sharma.
The filmmaker has returned to direction two years after his last outing, Zero, which starred Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif.
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