A Film On Amrita-Sahir Romance? Plenty has been written about Urdu poet and Hindi lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi’s affair with Punjabi writer and poet Amrita Pritam. The much discussed love story between two literary experts will soon be adapted in a movie. Ashi Dua, the producer of ‘Bombay Talkies’ is planning her next film which will be a romantic drama. According to the news reports, the project will be inspired by the affair of these two poets. A source reveals, Ashi thought that their lives have immense potential to translate on celluloid. She started reading about them and now she is completely taken by the idea. The source added, Ashi is still in talks with the family members and is trying her best to get a green light from the respective families. Ashi still has to decide whether she will officially use their names. A young Amrita Pritam, madly in love with Sahir, had once written his name hundreds of times on a sheet of paper while addressing a press conference. Ludhianvi remained unmarried till his last days but had a much talked about and long relationship with pioneering poet and writer Amrita Pritam.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:45:57 +0000