After penning the National Award-winning screenplay for Junglee Pictures’ ‘Talvar’ which won critical and commercial acclaim, Vishal Bhardwaj joins hands with Junglee Pictures for a ‘Talvar’ sequel. The film is based on the seven-year-old student, Pradhyumn Thakur from Ryan International School who was murdered.
The first part, directed by Meghna Gulzar was a fictional dramatisation of true-life events revolving around the Aarushi Talwar murder case investigation (Noida double murder case). And now, for ‘Talvar 2’ Vishal and Junglee Pictures take forward the adaptation of true-crime stories for the big screen.
Vishal will be helming the story of this ongoing murder case and writing the screenplay for the same. The nation was shocked when they go to know that the class 2 student’s throat was slit in the school bathroom last September. The incident sparked a fierce national debate on the safety of children inside schools, on juvenile crime and the pressures put on children. It then emerged that the prime suspect was a 16-year-old student from the same school.
“‘Talvar’ was about much more than the heinous crime itself, the film held up a mirror to society and exposed several loopholes in the system,” said Vishal, adding, “Such crimes shake the very moral fabric of society and need to be analysed in a much deeper sense. The world is not just black and white, there’s more to a crime than just victim and perpetrator. That’s why we have decided to continue making true crime procedurals like ‘Talvar’.”
Priti Shahani from Junglee Pictures tells us, “Our journey on the Talwars was more than just a film for us. It is a telling example of how big screen stories, when handled honestly and sensitively, have the power to alter the lives of people associated with the real incident. We are excited to embark on our vision of compelling storytelling, yet again with Vishal Bharadwaj, and taking the ‘Talvar’ franchise forward.”
