Roy Kapur Films Sets Biopic on India’s First Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Siddharth Roy Kapur‘s Roy Kapur Films (RKF), in collaboration with Trickitainment Media, is set to produce a biopic on Sukumar Sen, India’s first Chief Election Commissioner.
RKF’s latest project follows the success of SonyLIV series “Rocket Boys,” a fictionalized version of the story of Dr. Homi J.
Bhabha, who engineered India’s nuclear program and Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, who established the Indian space program. It will chronicle the life of Sen, the architect behind India’s first general elections in 1951-52.
Sen, a mathematician and civil servant, was pivotal in transitioning India from a British colony to a democratic republic. Tasked with organizing the world’s largest democratic exercise, Sen managed an electorate of 175 million people spread across 565 princely kingdoms and newly formed states.
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