Mumbai Feb 6 (IANS) "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" director Shree Narayan Singh has been roped in to direct a Hindi movie on Verghese Kurien the man who brought the milk revolution in the country.
The social drama is backed by Ekta Kapoor s Balaji Motion Pictures. It has acquired the film rights for the book "I Too Had A Dream" which chronicles the life of Kurien who dedicated his life to shaping up India s milk industry a statement said.
"Balaji has always strived to bring interesting stories on screen and the story of Dr Verghese Kurien is not only engaging but extremely inspiring too. I am delighted to collaborate with Shree Narayan Singh to tell the story of a true visionary " Ekta said.
Singh said: "The film will talk about not just making profits and being a huge enterprise but also Dr Kurien s role in empowering general public espically women at the grassroot level. Dr Kurien was a visionary businessman philanthropist and a great human. He wanted to study nuclear engineering but ended up in the dairy industry."
Kurien is known as the architect of India s White Revolution which catapulted India to be the world s largest milk producer.
--IANS
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