Spent 4 years trying to convince marketplace for movie on Amrita Sher-Gil: filmmaker Mira Nair
Hindustan TimesNew Delhi, A film on the life of Hungarian-Indian painter Amrita Sher-Gil will soon begin shooting, perhaps within the next five months after Mira Nair spent four years trying to convince sponsors, the filmmaker said on Saturday. Spent 4 years trying to convince marketplace for movie on Amrita Sher-Gil: filmmaker Mira Nair Speaking at a session on Films and Migration at India Habitat Centre’s ‘Samanvay’ festival, Nair said that the work of filmmakers can be really tough as she has been working more than 12 hours everyday for the Sher-Gil film. Who is she?’” Comparing Sher-Gil to Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Nair said that the former will become “an icon” in the Western world after the film. Born in Budapest in 1913 to an Indian father and Hungarian mother, Sher-Gil is considered one of the foremost avant garde women artists of the 20th centuries.
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