Vidya Balan is all set to portray the role of Indira Gandhi in her next

Vidya Balan has earlier admitted that she had six biopics on halt but she hadn’t signed any of them. There were great biopics such as Leena Yadav’s Tragedy Queen aka Meena Kumari, on singer and Padma Bhushan awardee, Begum Akhtar and on Kiran Bedi. But the actress had admitted that she is not sure if she wants to be known as an actress with the monopoly on the genre.


Earlier filmmaker Ananth Mahadevan admitted that the actress was his first choice to play India’s first lady doctor Rakmabai, while Malayalam filmmaker Kamal wanted her to play the poetess Kamala Das and Rajiv Menon had plans for a film on the renowned Carnatic vocalist, Bharat Ratna Subbulakshmi. But Vidya Balan said, “As humbling as it is to be offered biopics, I am not sure if I want to be known as an actor with a monopoly on the genre.”


Now Vidya has purchased the rights to journalist-author Sagarika Ghose’s biography of Indira Gandhi, titled ‘Indira – India’s Most Powerful Prime Minister’, she will be turning producer with its screen adaptation in which she will also play the lead, Vidya said, “I am happy to have acquired the rights to Sagarika’s Ghose’s book because I have always wanted to play Indira Gandhi. I haven’t decided the details of the project yet. It will take a long time anyway.” Sagarika said, “I am sure Vidya will be bravura on screen as Indira.”


The book looks into the cause behind the 1975 Emergency, Gandhi’s failed marriage, an unstable relationship with her younger son Sanjay, and her numerous political battles.