Modi final month introduced on X “his enjoyment of sharing that our former Prime Minister, Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao Garu, will likely be honoured with the Bharat Ratna”. He additionally stated Rao’s tenure from 1991 to 1996 “was marked by vital measures that opened India to world markets, fostering a brand new period of financial improvement”.
Delighted to share that our former Prime Minister, Shri PV Narasimha Rao Garu, will likely be honoured with the Bharat Ratna.
As a distinguished scholar and statesman, Narasimha Rao Garu served India extensively in numerous capacities. He’s equally remembered for the work he did as… pic.twitter.com/lihdk2BzDU
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 9, 2024
“These 5 years was a part of nice churn in political, social, and financial spheres in our nation, and I, as a standard man and a filmmaker, was tremendously influenced by all these developments,” Jha stated.
Jha is thought for his socio-political movies like Mrityudand (1997), Gangaajal (2003), Apaharan (2005), Raajneeti (2010), and Satyagraha (2013).
“P.V.’s complete life as United Andhra Pradesh CM, Union minister, and so forth., has been an interesting journey. In fact, his prime ministerial years, particularly,” he stated.
“Sadly, such an erudite statesman was a sufferer of politics inside his occasion — banished by Rajiv Gandhi and coterie earlier and disregarded by these wielding energy later,” added Jha.
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‘Multi-language pan India sequence’
The brand new P.V. challenge is the brainchild of Allu Aravind, famous Telugu movie producer and father of Pushpa star Allu Arjun. Allu Aravind is the chairman and promoter of the favored Telugu OTT platform, Aha, which has the backing of Arjun.
“Aravind garu reached out to me with a duplicate of the e book and shared his admiration for P.V. whom he described as ‘an awesome patriot, an icon, particularly for south Indians, Telugus’. I had discussions with Sitapati too,” Jha stated about his approaching board the challenge.
Ajit Thakur, director and co-founder of Aha, stated the net sequence, conceived two years in the past, would have eight episodes of 45-60 minutes every. “The biopic could be a celebration of the lifetime of the architect of recent India. We’re wrapping up the pre-production work, analysis, writing, script finalisation, and so forth.,” Thakur informed ThePrint.
“The Bharat Ratna honour in recognition of P.V.’s pivotal position in reworking India’s economic system amplifies the anticipation for our Half Lion sequence,” stated Thakur.
Not disclosing the finances, Thakur stated “the premium, multi-language pan India sequence” awaits a launch in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil languages. The method of casting would start quickly and taking pictures is predicted to start within the second half of this yr, he added.
Telangana BJP spokesperson and P.V.’s grandson N.V. Subhash welcomed the challenge. “It will tremendously assist the general public, particularly the youthful generations, to know the statesman higher,” he stated.
ThePrint reached P.V. Prabhakar Rao, the previous prime minister’s solely surviving son, and daughter Surabhi Vani, a Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLC, for remark through calls however had not obtained a response by the point of publication. This report will likely be up to date if and when a response is obtained.
‘Untold story of a political genius’
Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (1921-2004), higher generally known as P.V. Narasimha Rao or P.V., was the fourth chief minister of united Andhra Pradesh (1971-73), the primary from the Telangana area. He hailed from Vangara village in north Telangana.
P.V. later grew to become the tenth prime minister of India in 1991, the primary from South India, and led a minority authorities for a full time period.
The e book, Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Remodeled India, is described as “the untold story of a political genius”.
“When P.V. Narasimha Rao grew to become the unlikely Prime Minister of India in 1991, he inherited an financial disaster, violent insurgencies, and a nation adrift. Regardless of being unloved by his individuals, mistrusted by his occasion, a minority in Parliament, and ruling beneath the shadow of 10 Janpath, Rao reinvented India at house and overseas. Few world leaders have achieved a lot with so little energy,” the e book’s cowl flap stated.
Claiming “unique entry to Rao’s never-before-seen private papers and over 100 interviews”, the e book promised to deliver “new revelations on India’s economic system, nuclear programme, international coverage, and the Babri Masjid” to the fore.
(Edited by Madhurita Goswami)
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