Rahul Bose in a still from Dil Dhadakne Do.
Highlights
- I felt the most complete sense of exhilaration: Rahul Bose
- Rahul has starred in films like Jhankaar Beats and Chameli
- Poorna is scheduled to release later this year
Actor Rahul Bose found it thrilling to direct a film after 15 years.
"Directing
Poorna was thrilling. It brought three of my greatest loves together - cinema, sport-adventure and women's empowerment," Rahul, who directed
Everybody Says I'm Fine! in 2001, said in a statement.
The 48-year-old star said that every night post shooting, he "felt the most complete sense of exhilaration."
Rahul has starred in films like
Jhankaar Beats,
Chameli and
Dil Dhadakne Do. He said that the story of
Poorna couldn't be written more dramatically.
"
Poorna couldn't be written more dramatically as fiction - how this little girl overcame every adversity to stand tall in the world is deeply moving and eye-poppingly unbelievable at the same," said Rahul.
The film is a real life depiction of a poor girl named Malavath Poorna from Telangana who created history on May 25, 2014, by becoming the youngest girl in the world to scale Mount Everest. She was just 13 when she pitched the Indian flag at 6 am.
Rahul has roped in music composers Salim-Sulaiman to compose music for the film.
Poorna is scheduled to release later this year.