National Award-winning film editor and screenplay writer Apurva Asrani is all set to make his solo directorial debut, which will feature actor Manoj Bajpayee.
Making the announcement on social media, Apurva Asrani wrote: “Pleased to announce my solo directorial debut, co-produced by and starring my Satya and Aligarh star, Manoj Bajpayee.
“Our script traces the emotional journey of a forgotten genius who is slowly losing his mind. Since awareness and support for mental health issues is sharply lacking in India, we chose the ‘Mental Health Awareness Month’ to make the announcement.”
The story of the film revolves around to address the mental health issue and the film is likely to go on the floors by the end of this year.
Apurva Asrani is known for editing some of the critically acclaimed films like Shahid, Children of War, CityLights, Aligarh among others.
He has bagged the National award for the film “Snip!” in 2001.
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