Freida
Pinto
will
be
seen
playing
the
role
of
British
secret
agent
Noor
Inayat
Khan
in
a
new
drama
series
based
on
her
life,
titled
Spy
Princess.
According
to
reports,
the
show
will
be
based
on
the
book
Spy
Princess:
The
Life
of
Noor
Inayat
Khan
by
Shrabani
Basu.
The
show
directed
by
Anand
Tucker
and
produced
by
Andy
Paterson
and
Pinto,
will
be
an
emotional
thriller.
The
story
follows
Noor
Inayat
Khan
also
known
as
Nora
Baker,
who
served
in
the
Special
Operations
Executive
(SOE)
during
World
War
II.
According
to
reports,
Noor,
who
was
the
daughter
of
an
Indian
Sufi
mystic,
became
the
first
female
wireless
operator
to
be
sent
from
the
UK
into
France,
to
help
the
French
Resistance.
In
a
statement,
Pinto
described
Khan
as
"a
fierce
and
amazing
woman,
the
most
unlikely
heroine
of
the
second
world
war.
Her
struggle
to
reconcile
her
values
with
the
desire
to
find
her
own
path
and
with
her
complex
sense
of
duty
is
something
I
am
so
excited
to
explore."
Khan,
who
was
given
the
code
name
Madeline,
was
captured
at
the
age
of
29
and
tortured.
However,
after
revealing
nothing
to
her
captors,
she
was
shot
dead
at
Dachau
concentration
camp.
Noor
Inayat
Khan
was
felicitated
with
the
George
Cross
for
her
service
in
the
SOE,
the
highest
civilian
decoration
in
the
United
Kingdom.
This
is
not
the
first
time
Noor
Inayat
Khan
will
be
shown
on
screen.
Actress
Radhika
Apte
also
portrayed
her
as
a
supporting
character
in
the
film
titled
A
Call
To
Spy
in
2019,
alongside
Stana
Katic,
Sarah
Megan
Thomas,
Mathilde
Ollivier
and
others.