A film, produced by Zeishan Quadri, is being made with the backdrop of the Vyapam scam that pertains to college admissions and government recruitments and involves several politicians, businessmen and officials, in Madhya Pradesh.
Imposters were employed to write papers, exam hall seating arrangements were manipulated and forged answer sheets were supplied by bribing officials.
In the coming months, the audience will get to see a film, Halahal, inspired by the scam.
“The concept given by Eros Now was too good. Initially, I started as a writer on that (‘Halahal’). Then I asked them to let me do the production as well. They all agreed.”Zeishan Quadri
"The concept which was turned into a script by me and my writer Gibran Noorani... they loved it,” he said. The film is being directed by Randeep Jha.
Though it is inspired by true events, he said: "Vyapam is the backdrop... that this happened. The film is about a father (actor Sachin Khedekar) and a cop (actor Barun Sobti). It's a thriller.
"It is more or less a fictional story because we have fictionalised a lot but the backdrop is real," he added about the movie that is currently being shot in Amroha in Uttar Pradesh.
The shooting is expected to be over by end of March.
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