UTV set to make ‘Chanakya’s Chant’ a film
September 6th, 2011 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANSMumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) UTV Motion Pictures has bought the rights of author Ashwin Sanghi’s 2010 bestseller “Chanakya’s Chant” and is set to turn it into a Bollywood blockbuster.
“Chanakya’s Chant” is a novel with alternate accounts of how political strategist Chanakya strove to make Chandragupta Maurya the emperor of Magadha, and a contemporary account of a Brahmin school teacher who grooms a girl from slum to become India’s prime minister.
A source revealed that UTV would soon start casting for the film.
A UTV spokesperson confirmed that they have acquired the rights of the novel but refrained from divulging any details about the development.
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