Mahesh Narayanan to direct biopic of Indian F1 driver Narain Karthikeyan

Malayalam filmmaker Mahesh Narayanan will direct a biopic on India’s first Formula 1 Driver Narain Karthikeyan. Variety reported that the film might be a Tamil-language characteristic, chronicling the journey of Karthikeyan.

Produced by Faraz Ahsan, Vivek Rangachari and Pratik Maitra, the film is at present been developed at Blue Marble Films. Shalini Usha Devi, who wrote the Suriya starrer Soorarai Pottru, will pen the script for the F1 film.

Speaking to Variety, Mahesh Narayananstated, “Narain Karthikeyan’s journey isn’t nearly racing. It’s about perception — in your self, your nation, and a dream nobody else can see. That’s what drew me to this story.”

Karthikeyan, born in Coimbatore, had an early initiation to motorsport, due to his father Kakarla Karthikeyan Naidu, who was a rally racer. Karthikeyan quickly labored his approach by way of the Formula collection, earlier than touchdown an F1 seat with Jordan in 2005. At the USA Grand Prix, he completed fourth, claiming his first factors within the competitors.

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“Motorsport gave me every little thing. This movie provides that story to the world,” Karthikeyan, who was conferred with the Padma Shri in 2010, informed Variety. Details of forged and crew of the movie are but to be introduced.