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Roy Kapur Films Sets Biopic on India’s First Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen (EXCLUSIVE)
Siddharth Roy Kapur's Roy Kapur Films is set to produce a biopic on Sukumar Sen, India’s first Chief Election Commissioner.
Some 224,000 polling booths were constructed and equipped with two million steel ballot boxes; 16,500 clerks were appointed on six-month contracts to type and collate the electoral rolls by constituency; 56,000 presiding officers were chosen to supervise the voting, aided by another 280,000 helpers; and 224,000 policemen were put on duty to guard against violence and intimidation. Kapur said: “We are so honored to bring to life the incredible story of one of our national heroes Sukumar Sen, who played a crucial role in shaping India’s democratic history. From the very system of identifying political parties by different symbols and colors in order to combat illiteracy, to coming up with the idea of indelible ink on fingernails to avoid voter impersonation… so many of his innovations are in place even today.
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