Panaji: Shareen Mantri Kedia, the producer behind Tamil filmmaker Pa Ranjith's Hindi directorial debut, a biopic on tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda, on Sunday revealed they are planning to start the shoot of the movie next year.
Ranjith is well known for directing Tamil-language films such as superstar Rajinikanth's Kaala and Kabali, as well as Madras and Attakathi.
Shareen, who is producing the project under her banner Namah Pictures with production partner Kishor Arora, said the team is currently developing the script of the film.
"We are still developing the script. We have been working on it for eight-nine months now. It's a process as there is a lot of research involved. We want to go on floors by next year.
"Pa Ranjith is very collaborative and it has been a great process working with him," the producer told PTI at the NFDC Film Bazaar, on the sidelines of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here.
Shareen, who also worked with world-renowned Iranian director Majid Majidi on his first India-set movie Beyond the Clouds, said it is impossible to convince a director to make a film unless they believe in the story.
"It is a story that the directors believe in. They are not doing these films just because they want to make foray into Hindi cinema or have a mass appeal. They do it because they like the subject. It has to be organic and mutual."