A film based on the life of Abdul Karim Telgi would hit theatres in August but its makers insist it have “only similarities” and is not entirely the replicate of life of the prime accused in the multi-crore fake stamp case.
“Mudrank, The Stamp’ is not based on the life of Telgi. Like ‘Guru’ everyone knows on whom the film is made, still it is not a bio-pic. The scenes may be having similarities with the incidents occurred in Telgi’s real life, but they don’t travel farther than that,” Executive Producer Naushad Ally told PTI here on Sunday.
Theatre artiste Kailash Manav dons the character of Abdul Rahim Velgi, a role that resemble Telgi. In the reel life, the lead character (Velgi) is a banana vendor, who becomes a rich man through wheeling and dealing with politicians and bureaucrats with whose help he masterminds the fake stamp paper business.
“The first shot shows Velgi in police custody and the last one him in judicial custody, sitting gloomy-faced. Our film is not judgmental and does not have any political angle. However, it has a message and that is, you reap what you sow,” Mr Ally, an ad-film maker, said. The film is produced by businessman Bhagwan Saungar and directed by Shakir Sheikh. The music is by Bhappi Lahiri.
Besides Manav as Velgi, other actors in the film are Milind Gunaji, Shabaaz Khan, Raza Murad, Anjaan Srivastav, Nirmal Pande, Sambhavana Seth, Amita Nangia (playing Velgi’s wife) among others.
Telgi’s fascination for dance bars has allowed the film-makers to fill the movie with a few item numbers done by Rakhi Sawant and Sambhavana Seth.