Movie on Kishore Kumar Life | Kishore Kumar Bio Pics

Movie on Kishore Kumar Life | Kishore Kumar Bio Pics

Even as  Shoojit Sircar's  film on the life songs and art   of  Kishore Kumar written by Rensil d'Silva is put on  hold, two other  filmmakers have  come forward  to   claim  a  part  of   Kishore's life.

Avant-garde  director Sudhir Mishra  is  ready to make a Kishore Kumar epic. "My favourite  filmmaker, and one of  the  primary  influences on my  life and career is Guru Dutt. However  a  film  on  his life seems difficult  if not  impossible. Guru Dutt has already borrowed chapters of his own  life in Pyasa  and  Kagaz Ke Phool. Making a  Kishore Kumar bio-pic  would be  a dream come true. No one  knows  the real Kishore."

Sudhir's problem  is whom  to cast  as Kishore Kumar.

Nagesh Kukunor  has an answer to this . He wants  to  cast  his favourite actor Shreyas Talpade  as Kishore Kumar, for two reasons.  Firstly  Nagesh feels  a Kishore Kumar  bio-pic cannot be  attempted   with a   star  who has a strong image  and secondly, Shreyas  is a  huge Kishore Kumar fan himself.

Nagesh  thrives on Kishore Kumar songs and claims  to know the  obscurest  of Kihore's songs.

"And  if  it's a  duet  I only know the male portion by  heart," chuckles Nagesh.

Nagesh  wants  to  focus primarily on  the music  and songs of Kishore Kumar.

His narrative  would be propelled  forward  on the strength of  Kishore Kumar's songs. Nagesh is in  the process of acquiring the rights of  the  original KK evergreens.

  The filmmaker has  spent  hours  with Kishore's son Amit Kumar and  wife Leena  Chandavarkar who opened the  vaults  of their hearts  and  gave  Nagesh enough anecdotes  to  make his   bio-pic voluptuous and  comprehensive.

Interestingly  Kishore Kumar's immediate family has also had meetings with  Shoojit Sircar who plans  his own  KK bio-pic  after he  completes  his current assignments.

So  it's hard  to  make out  which of the two  projects the Ganguly parivar truly  believes  in.  Or  which would take off first.

 However Nagesh has  an edge since he has already approached producers.

 Some time  ago Nagesh had  gone  to  Subhash Ghai with  the proposal  to make  the KK biopic. The Showman , enthusiastic about the idea,   thought such a mammoth project   required  a  marquee name.

Sudhir Mishra disagrees. "You can't have an acknowledged superstar playing  a personality whom generations know  like a member of the household.On the other hand you can't make a  big-budget bip-pic on Kishore Kumar  unless you've a readymade audience.So it's  a  Catch  22 situation."

One  possibility  that  Sudhir is willing  to explore is to cast  Kishore Kumar's younger son Sumit.

  Provided  Sumit  could act.

"But then who  ever thought Kishore  Kumar could  act, sing, dance, entertain, compose….all at  the  same time? His son   must have inherited some of that talent," reasons  Sudhir hopefully.