Published 16:57 IST, April 7th 2020

Challenging to write a biopic: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari on 'Murthy'

Director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, who is making a biopic on real-life couple - Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy and author Sudha Murthy, says it is tough.

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Director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, who is making a biopic on real-life couple - Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy and author Sudha Murthy, says it is a challenging task to work on a real life story. film, tentatively Murthy will be co-written by Shreyas Jain, Piyush Gupta and Ashwiny's husband, filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari. Ashwiny said she was enamoured by strong yet simple personality of couple.

It is t only Sudha Murthy's film. re are two strong personalities  Sudha and Narayan in film. working title is Murthy', meaning of which is making a difference, Ashwiny told PTI. director feels happy to have been chosen to bring on screen an inspiring tale.

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y are very simple people. y have done so much for society and country. I felt ir story needs to be told. It so happened that I was chosen to tell story. y met me and said, I am right to tell story, my track record is good and that don't show any kissing scenes, she said. director, who has me films such as Nil Battey Sannata, Bareily Ki Barfi and Panga, said working on a biopic isn't easy.

We are still writing it. We want to focus on getting it correct on writing level. A biopic cant be just written like a biopic, re has to be a good graph, re has to be a character sketch. If I do exactly like it is n it will be like a documentary. It is challenging. I will have to meet a lot of people and take ir point of view in terms of ir lives. Panga director said thing has been finalised yet about cast and crew for film.

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Besides this film, Ashwiny also has been signed by producer Ekta Kapoor for a film. "I am co-producing it with her. We are almost done with writing n we will go to actors. It is a slice-of-life rom-com and will have my signature touch," she said.

16:57 IST, April 7th 2020