Rahul Bose: Directing Poorna Was Thrilling

Source: www.thehindu.com

Bollywood actor Rahul Bose found it thrilling to direct a film after a gap of 15 years. After his 2001 film directorial debut Everybody Says I'm Fine!, Rahul has returned to direction with Poorna, a biopic about Malavath Poorna -- a tribal girl from Telangana. She created history on May 25, 2014, by becoming the youngest girl in the world to scale the Mount Everest. Poorna was only 13 years old when she achieved this rare feat.

Rahul, who heard about Poorna’s story, decided to make the movie for the silver screen as he wanted to highlight the story about girl’s determination in the face of adversity. “Directing Poorna was a thrill. It brought three of my greatest loves together, the cinema, sport-adventure and women’s empowerment,” Rahul said in a statement. The 48-year-old star added that every night post shooting, he "felt the most complete sense of exhilaration”.

“Poorna story couldn’t be written more dramatically as fiction and how this little girl overcame every adversity to stand tallest in the world is deeply moving and eye-poppingly unbelievable at the same”, he added. Rahul, who was last seen Dil Dhadakne Do, will also act in the film. The actor will be essaying the role of Poorna’s father. Aditi Inamdar, a girl hailing from Telangana, was chosen to play the role of female lead after Rahul auditioned 109 girls. The movie which is slated to hit the screens later this year has its music composed by famed composed duo Salim-Sulaiman.