Randeep Hooda to star in a dacoit drama as Sultana Daku

There was news earlier that Tigmanshu Dhulia was planning to make a film based on the life of notorious dacoit Sultana Daku, who used to operate in North India during the British Raj and was considered as the Indian version of Robin Hood. Many actors were eager to play this magnetic character. But it is now it’s been said that Tigmanshu will not make the film but Madhureeta Anand will do, and it will be produced by Rahul Mittra and Raju Chadha. As per news, Randeep Hooda has been signed to play Sultana Daku and the film will go on floors in April next year. It’s a screen adaptation of author- playwright Sujit Saraf's 2009 novel, ‘The Confession of Sultana Daku’. Meanwhile, there's been talk of the book being translated into a British feature with Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the lead and Shekhar Kapur's protege Heeraz Marfatia as the director.


The story will follow the exploits of the swashbuckling dacoit from the Bhantu clan who terrorised the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand) in the 1920s. "The film will be shot in the Terai region of Uttar Pradesh and Randeep, who is a champion horseman and rider, will film the extensive action and racing sequences in Kazakistan, where real locations will pass off as North India from the '20s," said producer Rahul Mittra
Sultana had named his horse Chetak, after Maharana Pratap's horse and operated on a code of honour. When he was captured by the British, officer Freddie Young tried his hardest to have Sultana pardoned but to no avail. Sultana then asked Young to raise his son as a 'sahib' before he was sent to the gallows on July 7, 1924.


The producer also added, "The approach to the film will not be dark and gory and more like a superhero-drama, where Robin Hood Randeep's character takes from the rich and gives to the poor as India fights for freedom.”