Kamala, whose memoirs 'Ente Katha' (My story) shocked conservative Malayalis in the 1970s, later changed her name to Kamala Surayya after embracing Islam a few years before her death in 2009.
According to Kamal, the movie is conceived not as a 'realistic biopic' but as an "independent journey through the personal and literary life of Surayya, who was torn away the hypocrisies of pseudo moralists but boldly stood for the wounded womanhood through her works."
The director said the thread of this movie had been in his mind for quite some time and he would work out the plot after completing his ongoing project, a political satire in which superstar Mammootty appears as the protagonist.
"The thread is in my mind. After completing my present movie, I will move on to the project on Surayya. Vidya Balan is in my mind for playing the title role," he told PTI. Rather than a realistic biopic it would be an independent attempt to see the life and works of the writer from the perspective of a reader.
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