A biopic on Mother Teresa has officially been announced
A biographical film on Nobel laureate Mother Teresa is officially going to be made. Based on the life of the founder of Missionaries of Charity, this biopic will have cast of Indian and international actors. The film will be written and directed by Seema Upadhyay and will be produced by Pradeep Sharma, Girish Johar, Nitin Manmohan and Prachi Manmohan.
The makers of this epic drama recently visited Missionaries of Charity, which is in Kolkata, and had met Sister Prema Mary Pierick, the current Superior General of the organisation and Sister Lynne to seek their blessings for the project. Teresa came from Albania to India in 1929 and set up the Missionaries of Charity in 1948.
In a statement, Upadhyay had said, “We visited the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata and the experience was surreal."
The producers are delighted to bring together a film on the life of the iconic nun, who is known to the entire world for her nobility and charity.
The script for the project has been locked. The technicians and teams are in the process of being finalised, after which the casting will begin for the film to go on floors by the end of this year.
The makers are looking at releasing the film in 2020. "She is a global icon & we will ensure to leave no stone unturned to meet her international stature and pay our tribute to the noble soul. We hope we will do justice and will be able to spread the message for peace, love and humanity that Mother Teresa stood for," the producers said in a joint statement.
There have been movies on Mother Teresa in the past, in 2003, there was a documentary, 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta' made by Fabrizio Costa of Italy in 1987, Richard Attenborough turned narrator for a documentary on Mother Teresa; and in 1997, the 'Mother Teresa: In The Name of God's Poor' docu-drama was released.
In recent times, the 2014 film ‘The Letters’ explored her life through letters she wrote to her long-time friend and spiritual advisor Father Celeste van Exem over a 50-year period.
