Maddock Films to adapt post-Partition era novel Vichhoda: In the Shadow of Longing

The novel narrates the story of Bibi Amrit Kaur, whose life, as the blurb states, has been literally torn apart by the 1947 violence
Maddock Films to adapt post-Partition era novel Vichhoda: In the Shadow of Longing

Dinesh Vijan's Maddock Films, the production house behind films like Stree, Hindi Medium, Luka Chuppi, Badlapur, Love Aaj Kal and Cocktail, has announced a partnership with Indian Navy officer-turned-bestselling author Harinder Sikka.

The company has acquired the rights to adapt Sikka's post-Partition separation novel Vichhoda: In the Shadow of LongingĀ into a feature film.

Starting in 1950, against the backdrop of the Nehru-Liaquat Pact, it is the story of Bibi Amrit Kaur, whose life, as the book's blurb states, has been literally torn apart by the 1947 riots.

"She's now in a different country with a different identity. She accepts this new life gracefully and begins a new chapter. She gets married and has two children. Life, however, has something else in store for her. It breaks her apart. Again," says the book's blurb.

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