[TOI] Biopic on life of actress Priya Rajvansh

After his Boman Irani and Vir Das-starrer 'Santa Banta Pvt Ltd' hits the screens, filmmaker Akashdeep Sabiir will start work on his next, a biopic on the late actress Priya Rajvansh who was reportedly murdered in March, 2000, in writerdirector Chetan Anand's Ruia Park bungalow in Mumbai, allegedly over property dispute with his sons, Ketan and Vivek.

The film narrates Priya's life story from her arrival in Hindi films to the present status of the case. The accused, Ketan and Vivek and two of their employees, Mala Choudhary and Ashok Chinnaswamy, were sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court and were later released on bail. Meanwhile, the Bombay High Court accepted their appeal against the trial court's order. Have the makers pre-empted controversies given the legalities involved? "The case is subjudiced. We will stop at the point where the real-life proceedings are today," he asserts, adding that he wants to make a musical with archival footage as montages in the beginning or in end credits."

And who'd he cast as Priya? Akashdeep's wishlist includes Kareena Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut and Sonakshi Sinha and Randeeep Hooda tops his list for Chetan Anand. "The cop who solved the case can be perfectly played by either Manoj Bajpayee or Ronit Roy," he signs off.