Naseeruddin Shah in talks to lead Tagore biopic

Ace Argentine filmmaker Pablo Cesar is set to direct a film based on the life of Rabindranath Tagore, and wants Naseeruddin Shah to play the poet's role.

Cesar, best known for his films “Banks”, “Hunabku”, “Blood” and “Unicorn, garden fruit”, says he is very eager to cast Naseeruddin as he feels he will be able to do justice to it.

“The film, to be titled 'Thinking of Him', will be based on the life and times of Rabindranath Tagore. It will also deal with Tagore's meeting with Argentinean writer Victoria Ocampo. It will be shot in Santiniketan and Argentina from February next year. I am planning to go to Mumbai to meet Naseeruddin and discuss the prospects of getting him on board to play the role of Tagore,” Cesar said in Goa, on the sidelines of International Film Festival of India.

The film will be partly in colour to depict the present times and partly in black and white to depict the flashbacks.

Cesar says he derives inspiration to make movies from Indian cinema and has been attending film festivals in India for the last 20 years.