Soorma: Biopics Should Be Told Truthfully, Says Chitrangada Singh!
The Soorma producer Chitrangada Singh opened up by saying that biopics should always be told in a truthful manner as it has the capability to be a powerful story that would inspire millions of people.
Actor
Chitrangada
Singh,
who
has
produced
"Soorma",
says
biopics
should
be
narrated
truthfully.
With
"Soorma",
a
biopic
on
hockey
player
Sandeep
Singh
who
made
a
miraculous
comeback
after
facing
a
near
death
experience
through
hard
work,
Chitrangada
has
joined
the
bandwagon
of
female
actors
turning
producers.
"It
is
a
very
powerful
story
and
since
it
is
a
biopic
it
should
be
told
truthfully.
Sometimes
we
do
dramatise
things
and
I
had
promised
Sandeep
that
we
would
be
truthful
to
his
story.
There
is
nothing
we
have
added
for
the
sake
of
cinema," she
told
PTI.
"Ninety
per
cent
of
the
film
is
true,
just
10
per
cent
is
not
because
we
couldn't
take
names
of
certain
people
and
we
couldn't
get
some
permissions.
There
is
no
fake
incident
that
has
been
created,
it
is
all
real,"
she
added.
At
a
time
when
Bollywood
is
bringing
on
celluloid
inspiring
tales
of
sports
stars
from
Milkha
Singh
to
MS
Dhoni,
Chitrangada
says
making
a
biopic
on
somebody
who
is
not
known
enough
was
challenging.
"We
need
to
make
heroes
out
of
people
we
don't
know
and
that
doesn't
mean
they
are
less
heroic.
In
our
society,
there
are
so
many
people
who
are
heroes
in
their
own
right
and
we
don't
know
about
them,
their
achievements,"
she
adds.
Diljit
Dosanjh
essays
Singh
in
the
biographical
drama
that
released
today,
and
Chitrangada
believes
that
in
a
biopic
an
actor
should
resemble
the
person
on
whom
the
film
is
based
for
it
to
be
relatable
to
the
audience.
"Lot
of
names
were
discussed,
but
when
Diljit's
name
came
we
just
went
ahead
with
him.
When
you
are
making
a
biopic,
you
have
to
match
the
physicality,
you
need
to
have
a
strong
resemblance
otherwise
it
is
disconnecting.
Diljit
was
fit,
he
was
bang
on
with
the
look
test
and
he
looked
like
Sandeep."
Chitrangada,
41,
first
met
Singh,
through
a
friend
in
Delhi
and
after
listening
to
his
story,
she
felt
apologetic
for
not
being
aware
about
him
and
his
struggles
and
the
comeback,
which
she
says,
left
her
in
a
state
of
"disbelief".
"I
was
apologetic
that
I
did
not
know
anything
about
him.
When
I
heard
his
story,
I
was
blown
away.
It
is
an
unbelievable
feat
that
he
made
a
great
comeback.
I
have
been
around
sports
people
all
my
life,
I
know
it
is
extremely
difficult
to
make
a
comeback.
It
was
absolute
disbelief."
The
actor-producer
says
what
touched
her
the
most
about
Singh's
struggle
is
his
fight
for
self-respect.
"He
was
left
alone
by
a
lot
of
people
and
did
not
have
funds
to
look
after
himself...
He
had
no
idea
if
he
would
ever
be
able
to
make
a
comeback
or
walk
or
run
or
be
a
part
of
the
team.
He
fought
for
self
respect.
We
are
sometimes
left
in
a
corner
and
the
only
thing
you
fight
for
is
yourself
and
the
belief
that
you
have
in
yourself.