Director Pradeep Sarkar known for his films like Vidya Balan starrer Parineeta, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag starring Rani Mukherjee and Mardaani, among others is all set to bring the a classic Bengali Tale to the cinemas. The noted filmmaker will be making a biopic on Notee Binodini aka Binodini Dasi, who was the first Indian woman to be a stage performer from Bengal Presidency around 1870. The screenplay of the film will be written in collaboration with Shibashish Bandhopadhay.

 

The filmmaker said that he has been working on the theatre legends story for some time now and Binodini’s tale is just as captivating as her personality. Pradeep Sarkar will be shooting the film in his hometown of Bengal. Binodini’s life story has been previously adapted into a Bangla film called Nati Binodini.