Revathi to direct Kajol

 

Revathi will don the director's hat after a gap of 12 years. She will direct a Hindi film The Last Hurrah' with Kajol playing the central character of Sujatha, a mother who battles all odds with a smiling face to bring up her family. Kajol who heard the story tweeted - When I heard the story of 'The Last Hurrah', I could instantly connect with Sujata and I thought her journey was incredibly inspiring. I think it's a beautiful journey and it deserves to be shared with everyone. And to have Revathi direct me for this story gives me more strength to play Sujata and showcase her strengths,'

The forthcoming film is inspired by a true story and is expected to go on floors soon.  According to ANI, the film is inspired by a true story and real characters and revolves around an exemplary mother, Sujata, who battled the most challenging situations one can ever face with a smile. The film is currently in pre-production.  Produced by Suuraj Sinngh and Shraddha Agrawal under the banner Blive Productions and Take 23 Studios Production, 'The Last Hurrah' is written by Sammeer Arora.

Revathi previous outing as director was the anthology film Mumbai Cutting in which she directed the segment Parcel. Leading directors Anurag Kashyap , Rituparno Ghosh , Jahn Barua and Sudhir Mishra were among the  directors who directed the  segments . It was released in 2010. In 2009, she directed a segment in Malayalam anthology Madras Cafe produced by ace director Ranjith. The other segments had big names of Kerala film industry including Anjali Menon. As an actress, she acted in critically acclaimed Malayalam film Virus directed by Aashiq Abu and is working in  Bhoothakalam a film with Shane Nigam.