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Benegal struggles to find producers for 'Spy Princess' New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Veteran director Shyam Benegal is having a tough time to find producers for his ambitious project 'Spy Princess' in the recession hit film industry. The film has been adapted from a book of the same name by Sharabani Basu. Noor Inayat Khan, a descendant of Tipu Sultan, was a British-Indian princess who served as a spy during the second World War and was captured and shot dead by German forces, who failed to extract any information from her. "It is difficult to get a producer due to the economic situation. Everything will be finalised once we get a producer for the movie," Benegal told PTI. Benegal has been planning the film for quite sometime and feels that "the project is worth making." Similar is the fate of 'Chamki', another film by Benegal that has been in the pipeline for quite sometime. The film, inspired by George Bizet's classic Spanish opera 'Carmen', revolves around a fiery gypsy girl. "The music is by A R Rahman and Javed Akhtar has written the lyrics, however the star cast has not been finalised yet." said the seven time national award-winning director. Known as a serious film-maker with films like 'Bhumika,' 'Manthan,' and 'Ankur,' Benegal said that he shifted his focus to social and political satires after the success of his recently released film 'Welcome to Sajjanpur.' The director said he is enjoying "this genre of films." and is all set to make a political satire. "We can depict very easily the complex situation in the society, people can relate easily to that and see everything with a comical eye," he said. PTI http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/B76462C3E5376F8C6525752200341A82?OpenDocument Krish. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
