Mumbai Sep 19 (IANS) Film producer Siddharth Roy Kapur who is backing an upcoming movie on the life of Indian astronaut Rakesh Sharma says producing a film -- irrespective of its genre -- is never an easy task.
Kapur was interacting with the media at a special screening of Malayalam film "Ranam" here on Tuesday.
On reports that actor Shah Rukh Khan will start shooting for Mahesh Mathai s directorial "Salute" -- the Rakesh Sharma biopic -- Kapur said: "We should be starting it quite soon. It s all on track but I will prefer to make an official announcement."
Asked about the challenges of making a biopic Kapur said: "I think producing any film is never easy because there are always different considerations when it comes to different movies and especially in a biopic because you have to be true to the life of a person and you can t take liberty in making something completely different from his actual life.
"It also gives you a chance to be able to tell a true story of heroism. There are lots of unsung heroes that we have in our country who deserve a biopic on their life.
"There are many heroes in India other than those in sports cinema and politics... So we should look at a lot of inspirations when it comes to movies that you want to make."
On the trend of biopics in Hindi cinema Kapur said: "I think it s always important to see quality of a film. So regardless of whether it s a biopic or a horror film or a comedy film or an action film if it is a good film it is going to run.
"So I don t think that there is trend of biopics but yes there have been many successful ones of late and very often people tend to gravitate towards making those films much more."

--IANS iv/rb/in