Shoojit Sircar will be authentic with Udham Singh

Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar, who will be venturing into period drama with a biopic based on the Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter Udham Singh, said that he will not be taking liberties with the subject.

“I will take the liberty as to what I can authenticate as that person, not to sell my film,” Sircar said on Sunday at the promotional interview for his forthcoming film October.

“I will not compromise anything just for the sake of commercial pressure. I will be as genuine as possible,” he added.

Bollywood recently saw controversies related to period drama films that included Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone-starrer Padmaavat, and then Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika.

Currently, Sircar is promoting his movie October that stars Varun Dhawan and Banita Sandhu in the lead roles.

Talking about October, Sircar said, “It is a very simple film. After the trailer we’ve been getting responses like it is intriguing, thriller or suspense film, there is nothing like that, it is a very simple story. Not a love story, but it is a story about love.”

October is written by Juhi Chaturvedi and produced by Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar under Rising Sun Films banner and scheduled to release in the UAE on April 12.