Sonia Gandhi biopic film in the works? Telangana Congress workers asked to gather funds for 'Belonging' adaptation
The Telangana Congress' film announcement also comes amid criticism for Sonia Gandhi's autobiography from the ruling BJP, which called the book an attempt to whitewash historical incidents like the 1984 anti-Sikh riots
The Telangana Congress' film announcement also comes amid criticism for Sonia Gandhi's autobiography from the ruling BJP, which called the book an attempt to whitewash historical incidents like the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Telangana Congress' film announcement also comes amid criticism for Sonia Gandhi's autobiography from the ruling BJP, which called the book an attempt to whitewash historical incidents like the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Telangana Congress' film announcement also comes amid criticism for Sonia Gandhi's autobiography from the ruling BJP, which called the book an attempt to whitewash historical incidents like the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
A day after the release of Sonia Gandhi's autobiography, Belonging: A Journey of Love, the Telangana Congress plans to set the stage for a biopic film based on the book.
Party leaders and cadres from the Sangareddy Assembly constituency were asked on Wednesday by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) working president T. Jayaprakash (Jagga) Reddy to help gather funds for the film project.
The constituency in-charge for Sangaredddy, Julakanti Anjaneyulu, has already announced ₹2 crore towards the film project, the budget for which will be decided soon.
Jagga Reddy also proposed setting up a 50-member committee to oversee the film's production, with Telangana CM A. Revanth Reddy and TPCC chief Mahesh Kumar Goud to formally launch the shooting after pre-production work is completed.
Like the book, which sparked significant political debates, the film will portray different phases of the Italian-born Congress leader's life, including her life as the daughter-in-law of former PM Indira Gandhi, the wife of Rajiv Gandhi and the mother of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
"It will also depict the personal tragedies faced by the family following the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi’s struggles, her role in raising Rahul and Priyanka, and her subsequent entry into active politics,” Jagga Reddy said at the Wednesday meeting.
The TPCC working president also announced that copies of Sonia Gandhi’s autobiography would be bought in bulk and distributed among Congress workers to help them understand her life and political journey.
This also comes amid criticism for the book from the ruling BJP, which called the work an attempt to whitewash historical incidents like the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
"Sonia Gandhi could have titled her memoir 'Whitewashing' instead of 'Belonging', because the motive of this book appears to be sugar-coating the historical wrongs perpetrated by the Nehru-Gandhi family, and camouflaging the cardinal sins committed by the Congress party," BJP spokesperson C.R. Kesavan said in a video statement.
The Congress has also lashed back at the saffron party, accusing it of trying to create a spectacle and give the book a "political spin".