Dame Helen Mirren, who won the 2006 Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen, will be stepping into the queen’s royal shoes once again.
Although this time the queen will be a supporting role rather than the focus, Mirren will be playing Queen Elizabeth II in Mother: The Indira Gandhi Story. The film is a biopic about Indira Gandhi’s time as prime minister of India until she was assassinated in 1984.
The film will be directed by Krishna Shah, who says of his attachment to the film: “It took me years to find a way into her story, but I found it with her role as a mother – both to her family and to a nation with its teeming millions. Indira was India.” Shah hasn’t directed since 1985, but has been working on perfecting Mother’s script for the past 20 years.
Shah will have a strong cast behind his return to the helm, with Tom Hanks, Tommy Lee Jones, and Bollywood star Madhuri Dixit acting alongside Mirren.
Working 20 years on this script? That alone has to make you curious to see this movie!
Go Madhuri Dixit!!!!!