Mangaluru hudugi Sonal Monteiro is Bollywood bound; to play Sarojini Naidu in biopic

Sonal Monteiro, who was last seen in Roberrt, and is currently working on Yogaraj Bhat’s Garadi and Darling Krishna’s Sugar Factory, is Bollywood bound. Earlier today, the actress announced that she is playing Sarojini Naidu in a biopic of the Nightingale of India, called Sarojini.

“𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗜𝗡𝗜 𝗡𝗔𝗜𝗗𝗨 ♥️ My debut in Bollywood ♥️A dream come true for me . Super excited and honoured to play 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗔- 𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗜𝗡𝗜 𝗡𝗔𝗜𝗗𝗨in her biopic ♥️,” she posted, along with a poster of the film.

The film, directed by composer Vinay Chandra, for who Sarojini will be his directorial debut, with Sonal playing a younger Sarojini, and while Shantipriya, the sister of actress Bhanupriya, makes a comeback to cinema as the older version. The film will also have Hiten Tejwani in the role of Sarojini Naidu’s husband, Muthyala Govindarajulu Naidu, while Zarina Wahab will be seen in a pivotal role. The film is being made in Kannada and Hindi, with dubbed versions in Tamil and Telugu.

The film will go on floors in June across locations in Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Coorg. Speaking to an English daily, Vinay had said that the biopic will be an untold story of the life of the activist and poet and explore her personal life. Backed by Honey Chowdary and Charan Suvarna, and co-produced by Hemanth Gowda, the film made under Visica Films.

Apart from Garadi and Sugar Factory, Sonal is also awaiting the release of Banaras. She is also a part of Padavi Poorva, Shambo Shiva Shankara.