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Dhanush to Play Former Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in Om Raut-Directed Biopic
Dhanush is set to portray India's revered former president and aerospace scientist Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a biopic, unveiled at the Cannes Market.
The project will be helmed by director Om Raut, who previously won national recognition for “Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior,” with “Neerja” and “Maidaan” scribe Saiwyn Quadras penning the screenplay. The film will trace Kalam’s remarkable journey, chronicling his rise from humble beginnings to becoming both the celebrated “Missile Man of India” and eventually the nation’s 11th President. Raut described the film as more than a political biography, positioning it as “an insight into leadership and nation-building” that will explore “the man behind the missile programs and the presidency — the poet, the teacher, the dreamer whose every word carried both science and spirituality in equal measures.”
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