Konkona Sen Sharma made her characteristic movie directorial debut with 2017’s A Death in the Gunj.
Konkona Sen Sharma is about to make her digital directorial debut with a collection primarily based on the lifetime of Arati Das, higher referred to as Miss Shefali.
Chronicling the lifetime of a younger Bengali woman who dominated because the ‘Queen of Cabaret’ in Kolkata, the Zee Studio-produced collection can even mirror politics of West Bengal within the ’60s and ’70s by means of her life journey.
“The entire period of post-Partition and pre-liberalisation fascinated me. Since I’m from Kolkata, I’ve been conscious of the topic and her distinctive story.
“It’s in regards to the fascinating lifetime of this feminine protagonist who determined to dwell life on her personal phrases, it’s extraordinarily fascinating, and proper up my ally. That’s the reason I made a decision to make this collection,” Konkona stated in an announcement.
The director stated casting is underway.
“We’re nonetheless creating the script and we plan to go on flooring early subsequent 12 months. It’ll be an fascinating journey,” she added.
Ashima Avasthi, VP & Head, Zee Studios Originals stated the group is delighted to accomplice with Konkona for the present.
“Filmmaking is actually in her blood. She was born into the commerce, and has carried out admirably throughout disciplines, from performing, writing to directing. Over the following one 12 months, we’re working in direction of constructing a various slate of 10-12 unique reveals together with direct-to-digital movies.
“We’ll deal with particularly curated tales that stay untold throughout genres similar to biopics, crime thrillers, light-hearted comedies, slice of life dramas, darkish comedies amongst others,” she added.
Konkona made her characteristic movie directorial debut with 2017’s A Death in the Gunj.