Director Kingshuk De's upcoming film 'Nadi Re Tui' will focus on the Narmada Bachao movement.
The film stars magician P C Sorcar's daughter Moubani Sorcar. Moubani says her character in the film is inspired by Medha Patkar.
"Medha Patkar has shown the world that erecting barrages and dams are important when needed but you cannot play with the sentiments and livelihood of scores of people," Moubani told PTI.
The actress believes the Narmada movement was successful because it served the cause of the marginalised women in the tribal belt.
"We wish to bring Medha Patkar for the screening of the film. We talk about human displacement but that is more of a slogan and do we really feel the pain of displacement of the marginalised by the name of development. But I would not dub Nadi Re Tui as an anti-development film," Moubani said.
Apart from the main social issue, the film follows a story pattern based on the unusual love story between a boatman and the character of Moubani, initially an engineer from the city visiting the dam and then becoming a social activist and the campaign face of 'Nadi Re Tui' movement.
