Following "Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi," "Thalaivii" (J Jayalalithaa), and the next feature "Emergency," this is Ranaut's fourth film in which she plays a real-life character.
Digital Desk: Kangana Ranaut is scheduled to star in a film as Bengali theatre superstar Binodini Dasi, also known as Noti Binodini.
Pradeep Sarkar, best known for his work on Parineeta and Mardani, will direct the upcoming film. The script was written by Prakash Kapadia (Devdas, Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior).
Following Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, Thalaivii (J Jayalalithaa), and the upcoming feature Emergency (Indira Gandhi), this is Kangana's fourth film in which she plays a real-life character.
"I am a huge fan of Pradeep Sarkaar ji and am thrilled to get this opportunity. Also, this will be my first collaboration with Prakash Kapadia ji, and I am beyond excited to be a part of this incredible journey with some of this country's best performers "In a statement, the actor stated
Binodini rose to prominence as Bengal's most famous actress after being born into a family of sex workers in Kolkata.
Noti Binodini performed more than 80 parts over the course of a 12-year career, including those of Sita, Draupadi, Radha, Kaikeyi, and Motibibi, among others. In addition, she is recognised as one of the first South Asian theatre performers to publish an autobiography.
Know who Noti Binodini was?
Born into prostitution, she began her career as a courtesan at the age of twelve. In 1874, under the guidance of Girish Chandra Ghosh, the theater's founder, she performed in her first significant dramatic part in Calcutta's National Theatre.
Her professional life spanned the expansion of Bengali theatregoers' interest in European theatre with a proscenium stage.
Her abrupt exit from the stage is not adequately explained. Betrayal runs across her narrative like a common thread. She wrote out what amounted to her criticism of polite society, breaking every rule of feminine smritikatha.
In 1884, Ramakrishna, a revered Bengali saint from the 19th century, attended her performance. She was a leading businesswoman on the Bengali stage who combined traditional and European aesthetics to develop sophisticated stage makeup techniques.
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