The bio-pic epidemic is getting eminently contagious. Films based on real-life characters have begun to flood Hindi cinema, , though not too many of them are about female characters.
Changing that around is Karan Johar who is all set to produce a bio-pic on the Indian Air force’s female pilot Gunjan Saxena who was enormously active during the Indian army’s presence at the Kargil war.
What comes as a real surprise is the choice of actor to play the heroic pilot. Fresh from her debut in the Karan Kapoor-produced Dhadak, Jahnvi Kapoor is being thrown into the middle of a complex bio-pic about a women pilot during war-time.
Says a source close to the development, “Karan Johar thinks Jahnvi has the right posture and attitude to play Gunjan Saxena. No, Jahnvi won’t actually fly a helicopter in the film. But she is going to learn how the helicopter works so she looks comfortable inside a helicopter.”
All we can say, Jahnvi has her mythic mother Sridevi’s blessing to get right into the role that any seasoned actress would give her right arm to play.
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