Yash Raj Films To Start Work On The Kalpana Chawla Biopic, Shimit Amin To Direct The Film
Kalpana Chawla Biopic To Resume
Updated : June 09, 2020 04:11 PM IST
For the last four years, there has been a lot of conjecture around the Kalpana Chawla biopic. But the wait is finally over, the biopic of Kalpana Chawla, the late American astronaut of Indian origin, could be in the making. Well, according to a Filmibeat report, the film will be produced by Yash Raj Films and directed by Shimit Amin, who is best known for directing the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Chak De! India (2007).
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The talks of the Kalpana Chawla biopic started almost four years ago. Priyanka Chopra was then planning to act in and co-produce the film in collaboration with Viacom 18. There were also rumours about Deepika Padukone being approached to essay the character. However, it was not too late before the reports of the project’s cancellation came to the fore because Kalpana’s husband Jean-Pierre Harrison denied the rights to the producer.
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Kalpana Chawla was a NASA astronaut and engineer. She was born in Karnal, Haryana. She was the first-ever Indian woman to travel to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in the year 1997. In 2003, however, the spacecraft fell apart upon its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere and Kalpana lost her life along with six other crew members. She was just 40 years of age. Her early demise had sent shocks across India and the world. Kalpana was later awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and several streets, universities and institutions have been named in her honour.