TV actor Manish Goel has been roped in the play the role of Gangster Vikas Dubey in an upcoming feature film titled, Hanak. To be directed by Manish Vatssalya, Hanak will be based on a book named ‘Main Kanpur Wala’ which is written by Mridul Kapil.
Talking about the venture, Manish Vatssalya said that he has no intention to glorify the criminal but to present him in its most naked and gruesome form.
“The society has to always be a mirror reflecting the mindset of its inhabitants. Unfortunately, we as the film fraternity have started glorifying evil and have started affecting impressionable minds of the viewers taking them closer to vices. I felt it was my duty to present crime in its most naked and gruesome form, so that viewers are repelled by it,” said the director.
Book’s rights have been bought by Mohaan Nadaar and Amit Gupta and the films is scheduled to go on floors from November 27 and will release in March 2021.
Nadaar said: “I am looking for scripts that break the mould with their exciting narrative. ‘Hanak’ is a gripping story of an evil man who shook up a lot of powerful people in his state and his ultimate downfall.”
Ketki Pandit, creative producer of The Production Headquarters, added: “Vikas Dubey’s life had several twists and turns that make for interesting cinema. But we are clear that we want to show him for what he was, without glorifying him or his actions to make him look like a hero which he certainly wasn’t.”
For the uninitiated, Vikas Dubey was a gangster-turned-politician based in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh who had over 60 criminal cases against his name.
He was recently in news for killing eight policemen in the Bikru Vaillage in July. He was killed in an car accident on July 10 while he was allegedly trying to escape.
