Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has announced his next directorial venture – a film on the second Prime Minister of India – Lal Bahadur Shashtri. The film titled The Tashkent Files is touted to be an investigative thriller which will delve into the death of the late prime minister.
Naseeruddin Shah and Mithun Chakraborty have been roped in for the film.
On this day, our 2nd PM Lal Bahadur Shashtri died mysteriously in Tashkent. Was it heart attack or poison? Even after 52 yrs, the truth of the biggest cover-up of free India has been denied to his family, followers, citizens. After years of research, I present #TheTashkentFiles pic.twitter.com/k53WBSrKk8
— Vivek Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) January 11, 2018
The film goes on floor next week and the director will be casting a prominent actor for the role of Shashtri and the announcement will happen soon. Agnihotri has previously directed films like Buddha in a Traffic Jam and Hate Story.
