Sudhir Mishra palnning to make a film on Dr Binayak Sen

It is heard that filmmaker Sudhir Mishra is planning to make a film on Dr Binayak Sen who is a human rights activist. When contacted, Mishra confirmed that he had laid out plans to make a film on the life of the doctor. He also said that he thinks his life warrants a film. That man could have chosen to earn crores in his life but he thought otherwise.

Dr Binayak Sen is a human rights activist, a pediatrician and a public health doctor. He was arrested on May 14, 2007 in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. His crime was that he and his organization, People's Union for Civil Liberties had helped draw public attention to the illegal killings of several adivasis in Santoshpur, on March 31, 2007, Chhattisgarh. Sen was under arrest under provisions of the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act, 2006, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, which was amended in 2004 to include key aspects of the Prevention of Terrorist Activities Act (POTA), 2002.
A number of organizations and individuals across the world have protested against the arbitrary arrest of Dr Sen, following which a police probe into the incident was ordered.

Right now, Binayak is in prison in Raipur. But insiders insist that since Mishra and Binayak go back a long way, the activist will have no objection to Mishra making a film on him. Mishra informs, “I will be meeting Binayak to seek his permission for the film. However, at this point of time, I am not too sure if he will give a go-ahead for the film.”