National Award-winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar announced his next directorial project, a historical political drama tentatively titled Syama- The Missing Chapter, backed by producer Aditya Kumar Halwasiya.
The film will trace the life of Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee, covering his tenure as the University of Calcutta's Vice-Chancellor, his role in India's first Cabinet, and his resignation over ideological differences.
The narrative will also explore Mukherjee's founding of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1951, his 1953 Jammu and Kashmir permit system campaign, and the circumstances of his death, with production starting in 2027.