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Bhavani Iyer said the challenge with Sam was to find the best story from never-ending research material on Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.Writer Bhavani Iyer is thrilled to reunite with filmmaker Meghna Gulzar and actor Vicky Kaushal for the biopic on 1971 war hero Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw and hopes the film would be as remarkable as the trios Raazi.
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In Sam, Vicky will be seen playing Manekshaw, who was the chief of Indian Army in 1971 when India fought the Bangladesh Liberation War with Pakistan.
Asked if the audience would see a repeat of Raazi magic with their combination, Bhavani told PTI, “I am hoping that would happen. I couldnt be happier with the Sam we have got in Vicky. He is wonderful and such a brilliant actor.”
The writer, who has penned critically-acclaimed films like Lootera, Black and the recent web series Kaafir, said the challenge with the biographical drama was to find the best story from never-ending research material.
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“Writing Sam was quite an interesting and challenging process because we had a mountain of research, worth 7,000 pages. We had to find a story from within that, with an engaging beginning-middle-end which is not a chronicle.
“Most biopics tend to be a chronicle of the persons life – when he was born, then what happened – its all interesting to know because you are fascinated by the character. The temptation is to incorporate everything but what happens is your story gets diluted,” she said.
Bhavani said the toughest part was to narrow down the material.
“And not get tempted and say – if this gets left out, its ok but whatever we tell, needs to serve the purpose of the larger story. Once we arrived at that, it was breezy.”
