Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s life and political journey is set to be brought to the big screen with her autobiography. Related: Journey of Loveis being adapted into a Telugu feature film.
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Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) working president Jagga Reddy announced the development during a meeting of Congress party workers in Sangredi on Thursday.
During the meeting, Jagga Reddy appealed to the Congress leaders and workers of Sanghreddy constituency to contribute to the production of the film. Constituency Congress convener Julakanti Anjanayulu promised Rs 2 crore for the project.
Jagga Reddy also proposed setting up a 50-member committee to oversee the initial production work. The activities of the committee will be supervised by Public Relations Officer of Gandhi Bhavan, Hariprasad.
He asked the party workers to mobilize resources and ensure that the film is made on an adequate budget.
“You spend on elections, right? Consider this the same kind of spending. Let’s mobilize the budget and elect a good director,” he told the gathering.
He added that after the necessary preparations are done, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and TPCC President Mahesh Kumar Gaur will be invited to formally start the shooting of the film.
As part of the initiative, copies of Sonia Gandhi’s autobiography will also be ordered and distributed among Congress workers. According to Jagga Reddy, this will help to understand his personal experiences and political journey more closely.
What will Sonia Gandhi’s biopic cover?
Speaking about the proposed film, Jagga Reddy said that it will explore different phases of Sonia Gandhi’s life, from her association with the Gandhi family to her emergence as a prominent political leader in India.
The film is expected to depict her journey as daughter-in-law of Indira Gandhi, wife of Rajiv Gandhi and mother of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi. It will also reportedly cover the family’s difficult years following the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, the challenges Sonia Gandhi faced thereafter and how she raised her children while navigating her political responsibilities.
Jagga Reddy said that Sonia Gandhi has established her own identity in a country as diverse as India with different religions, castes and languages.
Highlighting her political experience and career, she said, “As deep as the ocean is, so is the political system of the Congress party. Sonia Gandhi has studied that politics.”
Jagga Reddy recalled Sonia Gandhi being denied the post of Prime Minister
During his address, Jagga Reddy also spoke about Sonia Gandhi’s decision to stay away from the prime ministerial position despite having the opportunity.
Recalling the period after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, he mentioned that PV Narasimha Rao became the Prime Minister, while Sonia Gandhi did not seek the post for herself.
He also mentioned the formation of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, when Congress leaders reportedly wanted Sonia Gandhi to be the Prime Minister. However, he turned down the offer and instead supported Manmohan Singh for the post.
Jagga Reddy described this decision as a historic moment in his political career.
He further credited Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi for playing an important role in shaping the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which was launched to provide employment opportunities in rural areas.
At the end of his address, Jagga Reddy said that people want to see another Prime Minister from the Gandhi family and said that Sonia Gandhi expects Rahul Gandhi to take over the country’s top political office.