John Abraham to produce biopic on Revathi Roy

John Abraham on Tuesday anunced his next production, a biographical drama film based on life of well-kwn social entrepreneur Revathi Roy.  actor-producer will back project through his banner JA Entertainment, alongside Robbie Grewal's Red Ice Films and Anil Bohra's Vyka Entertainment.

Robbie, who previously worked with John on 2019’s spy thriller RAW, will helm movie which will chronicle story of Roy, who started India’s only last-mile delivery company that employs only women as delivery nts.

"I am very happy that we are producing this very upbeat story that combines best of entrepreneurial twists with an extremely dramatic personal life. Revathi's journey is that of a vivacious, funny, full of life, spirited woman, who despite all odds has risen like a phoenix and has been continuously working towards empowering underprivileged women," John said in a statement.

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Robbie said it is an hour to be able to tell story of such an heroic and courous woman.

"Revathi’s life is full of crests and troughs and dramatic twists and turns. We usually see stories about how people rise from rags to riches; Revathi went from riches to rags to a revolution," Robbie said.

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story of film has been adapted from book Who is Revathi Roy by Swati Lodha. Revathi said she is very happy that John, Robbie and Anil have come toger to tell a story, which she believes is t just her own but of every woman, who was given a chance.

"Women are born fighters and an opportunity given to m never goes waste. All we need to provide is an ecosystem for m to flourish. In a small way, that is what my team and I have done," Revathi, who featured in list of Fortune India's most powerful women in 2019, said.

Produced by JA Entertainment, Red Ice Films & Vyka Entertainment, film is currently in pre-production st. 

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