{"id":15499,"date":"2021-09-02T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2021-09-02T09:15:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T13:15:04","slug":"vigil-star-to-pen-british-indian-princess-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/vigil-star-to-pen-british-indian-princess-biopic\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigil Star to Pen British Indian Princess Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Vigil<\/em> and <em>Bodyguard<\/em> star Anjli Mohindra is set to adapt Anita Anand\u2019s biography of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh for the screen.<\/p>\n<p>After speculatively writing a pilot called <em>The Goddaughter<\/em>, Mohindra is now working with Urban Myth Films to tell the full story of Queen Victoria\u2019s goddaughter who defied the British government for Indian independence.<\/p>\n<p>Using Anand\u2019s book <em>Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary<\/em> as its basis, the series will follow Duleep Singh\u2019s life from growing up among the British aristocracy after her father\u2019s exile from the East India Company to becoming a bold and fearless revolutionary, suffragette and social activist after visiting India herself.<\/p>\n<p>Mohindra said: \u201cWhile statues are being felled around the world, we desperately seek out the truth of our history. I have an immense amount of respect for Anita, and I couldn\u2019t put her book down. Sophia Duleep Singh\u2019s real-life story packs a punch, and now feels like the right time to bring such a bold and historically game-changing woman center stage. I\u2019m thrilled to be working with Urban Myth Films, who share our extraordinary passion for this incredible South Asian woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Capps, executive producer for Urban Myth Films, said: \u201cWhen we read Anita\u2019s book, we couldn\u2019t believe that Sophia\u2019s fascinating story had not already been told on screen. We love making bold shows with audacious characters, and Anjli has done a fantastic job at bringing Sophia to life with a boisterous script full of wit and bite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anand added: \u201cSophia means the world to me, and I am so delighted to see her in the hands of such talented people. I can\u2019t wait to see her story brought to life on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vigil and Bodyguard star Anjli Mohindra is set to adapt Anita Anand\u2019s biography of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh for the screen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":15500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[4639,2815],"class_list":["post-15499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-anjli-mohindra","tag-urban-myth-films","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vigil Star to Pen British Indian Princess Biopic - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/vigil-star-to-pen-british-indian-princess-biopic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vigil Star to Pen British Indian Princess Biopic - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vigil and Bodyguard star Anjli Mohindra is set to adapt Anita Anand\u2019s biography of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh for the screen.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/vigil-star-to-pen-british-indian-princess-biopic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-02T13:00:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-02T13:15:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/AnjliMohindra-creditDavidReiss-0821.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1327\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"706\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/vigil-star-to-pen-british-indian-princess-biopic\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/vigil-star-to-pen-british-indian-princess-biopic\/\",\"name\":\"Vigil Star to Pen British Indian Princess Biopic - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-02T13:00:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-02T13:15:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/vigil-star-to-pen-british-indian-princess-biopic\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/vigil-star-to-pen-british-indian-princess-biopic\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/vigil-star-to-pen-british-indian-princess-biopic\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Vigil Star to Pen British Indian Princess Biopic\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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