Actress
Deepika
Padukone
plays
the
role
of
Kalpana
Dutta
in
the
Ashutosh
Gwariker's
next
ashutosh
gowariker,deepika
padukone,khelein
hum
jee
jaan
sey,kumaran
son
of
mahalakshmi,
which
is
based
on
a
true
event.
The
film,
which
is
a
period
thriller,
is
based
on
the
book
Do
And
Die
written
by
Manini
Chatterjee.
Speaking
about
Kalpana
Dutta,
director
Ashutosh
Gowariker
said,
"Kalpana
Dutta
was
just
17
when
the
Chittagong
Uprising
took
place.
She
was
a
voracious
reader
and
was
inspired
by
stories
of
the
youngest
revolutionaries.
Along
with
her
friend
Pritilata
Wadadar,
she
played
different
roles
within
the
revolutionary
movement,
including
that
of
a
courier
-
transporting
acid
from
Calcutta
to
Chittagong.
After
her
arrest,
the
court
took
into
consideration
her
age
and
sex
and
she
was
given
transportation
of
life.
After
she
got
released
in
May
1939
she
got
married
to
Shri
P.
C.
Joshi
(General
secretary
of
the
Communist
Party
of
India).
The
author
Manini
Chatterji
is
her
daughter-in-law.
He
further
added,
"Deepika
has
brought
an
energy
and
feistiness
to
the
character
of
Kalpana
Datta
which
is
very
endearing.
I
am
enamoured
by
her
performance".
ashutosh
gowariker,deepika
padukone,khelein
hum
jee
jaan
sey,kumaran
son
of
mahalakshmi
is
director
Ashutosh
Gowariker"s
first
epic
period
thriller
and
is
based
on
the
book
Do
And
Die
by
Manini
Chatterjee
which
centres
on
the
Chittagong
Uprising
of
the
1930s.
The
film
has
been
shot
mostly
in
Goa
along
with
portions
in
Mumbai.
ashutosh
gowariker,deepika
padukone,khelein
hum
jee
jaan
sey,kumaran
son
of
mahalakshmi
is
presented
by
AGPPL
and
PVR
Pictures
and
is
jointly
produced
by
Ajay
Bijli,
Sanjeev
Bijli
and
Sunita
A.
Gowariker.
Other
credits
include
lyrics
Javed
Akhtar,
music
Sohail
Sen,
costume
designer
Neeta
Lulla,
art
director
Nitin
Desai
and
director
of
photography
Kiiran
Deohans.