'Operation Writers' on sacrifice of freedom fighters: Dutt

Director Anjan Dutt says his upcoming film 'Operation Writers' on the exploits of Benoy, Badal and Dinesh will try to capture the passion of people who fought for a belief and died during pre-Independence India.

Dutt told PTI the three martyrs were a hardcore suicide squad which took to violence because their ruler was more violent but he had no intention of idolising anyone.

"But the fact remains that these boys or men are symbol of values and attitude that many of today's nationalists have lost," the 'Ranjana Ami Aar Aashbona' director said Saturday.

Asked about the pre-production of the film, scheduled to be released in August 2019, Dutt said, "What I had decided from the start was that I will try to be as factual and historically correct as possible, the period details have to be correct but I will not make a conventional historical film."
Stating he had sought to make the film historically and factually correct and yet infuse a certain tension and passion that would make it relevant and not just a period piece, Dutt said "certain facts I discovered were so dramatic that I did not need to tweek it for drama."