‘Raazi’ set for sequel?

Meghna Gulzar directed ‘Raazi’ which wowed the audiences last year could be getting a second part, if the hint dropped by the author of ‘Calling Sehmat’ is anything to go by. The book was the basis of ‘Raazi’, which starred Alia Bhatt in the lead role.

“After I wrote Calling Sehmat in 2008, I spent another 10 years with her, on and off, depending on the little time she gave me. [The book will focus on] how she went into depression after the mission but fought her way out of it,” said author Harinder Sikka, as quoted by Mid-Day. “It will reflect her personal journey since her return from Pakistan — how she never accepted her son as her own, and denounced public life. Dr Manmohan Singh offered her the Padma Shri, but she turned it down. The mysteries around her will be decoded in Remembering Sehmat. A portion will also include why she made me take two trips to Pakistan, during the decade that I knew her.”

Talking further, she adds, “Multiple producers are interested to adapt the sequel into a movie. But as far as the casting goes, Sehmat herself had chosen Alia. I met Alia at the Ambani wedding, and did discuss this. She was definitely interested.”

The film also starred Vicky Kaushal and Soni Razdan.