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Patna,(BiharTimes): The Gandhi to Hitler-fame director Rakesh Ranjan Kumar’s next film, Marksheet, is likely to hit the silver screen soon.
Made on the life of Ranjit Don, a former medical student from Bihar’s Nalanda district, who in 2003 shot into notoriety, for the role he played in the leakage of CAT questions, the film reflects the darker side of the India’s education scenario. |
The Don, almost single-handedly made a big dent into the reputation of the Indian Institute of Management.
Now 38 Ranjit was born in a family owning a small piece of land at village Khaddi Lodhipur in Hilsa block of Nalanda, the home district of the present chief minister. He owes his present ‘position’ to various people, including several high profile politicians of the district too.
Kumar’s debut film Gandhi to Hitler was based on letters written by Mahatma Gandhi to Adolf Hitler. It created much controversy not just in India, but across the globe.
However, in his second film he has decided to focus on a domestic issue, highlighting the plight of the Indian education system.
Reports said that the film will be scripted by Monazir Alam and would star Delhi boy Imran Zahid, a native of Nawada in Bihar in the lead role. Imran was also the director Kumar's junior at Hindu College.
Zahid, it must be recalled, hit the headlines last year when he played the role of Muntadhar Al Zaidi in Mahesh Bhatt's theatre production, The Last Salute. Muntadhar Al Zaidi is an Iraqi journalist who threw shoes on the then US President, George Bush, at a Press conference in Baghdad.
He will also be playing the lead role in Chandu, a Bhatt production, based on the life of a former president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union, Chandrashekar, who was shot dead by goons on March 31, 1997, at JP Chowk in Siwan.
Apart from Ranjit Don, there are several other gangs involved in the question-leak racket in Bihar. Incidentally, most of these groups flourish in Nalanda district.
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