Vidya Balan and Sujay Ghosh's Next Based On Real-Life Character

Since they've delivered a BIG success together, the next time they work together, everyone's expecting them to take that achievement one step further. And that's exactly what they intend to do! If you haven't guessed already, we're talking about director Sujoy Ghosh and actress Vidya Balan and the film in question is the massive hit, Kahaani.

Now, stepping up their game, Ghosh and Balan are basing their next outing on a real-life character - Indian bureaucrat Durga Shakti Nagpal. Here's something on Nagpal: Born on June 25, 1985, she's an Indian bureaucrat, civil servant and officer in the Uttar Pradesh cadre of the Indian Administrative Service. She came into public view after launching a massive drive against corruption and illegal sand mining in Gautam Budh Nagar. She was later suspended by the Uttar Pradesh Government for allegedly demolishing the wall of an illegal mosque in a village in Greater Noida, which resulted in severe opposition as her actions were perceived to be based on flimsy ground

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