Sriram Raghavan to film Vikas Swarups book The Accidental Apprentic

Sriram Raghavan to film Vikas Swarup's book The Accidental Apprentice

Bharati Dubey (MUMBAI MIRROR; October 19, 2013)

Filmmaker Sriram Raghavan of Ek Hasina Thi, Johnny Gaddar and Agent Vinod fame is gearing up for his next and the film will be based on Indian novelist and diplomat Vikas Swarup's third book The Accidental Apprentice.

Sriram confirmed the news, saying, "The Accidental Apprentice is a fast-paced suspense story set in contemporary India. The premise is real yet fantastic. The protagonist is someone we can all relate to. It begins like a fairytale but it has a dark side as well. I am a huge fan of Vikas's first novel Q and A but couldn't get the rights of that."

Q and A, which won Vikas South Africa's Boeke Prize in 2006 was adapted into a film titled Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle. The film went on to win eight Academy Awards.

Matchbox Films has bought the rights and will be producing the film. Sanjay Rautray of Matchbox Films, who has previously worked as an executive producer on films like Johnny Gaddaar, Khosla Ka Ghosla and Makdee, said: "Sriram has started working on the script. It took us around six months to convince Vikas about the project." Apparently, Vikas wanted Sriram only to direct the film.

The rights of Vikas's second book Six Suspects had been bought recently by Starfield Productions.

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