Get ready to watch a biographical film about Sukumar Sen, an Indian civil servant who served as the inaugural Chief Election Commissioner of India from March 21, 1950, to December 19, 1958. Read on to know the details. New Delhi, PTI: Trickitainment Media on Monday said they have acquired the rights to produce a biopic on the life of Sukumar Sen, India’s first Chief Election Commissioner.
The announcement comes a day before the vote counting of the 18th general election on Tuesday. A mathematician-turned-civil servant, Sen oversaw the 1952 Indian general election, which was the first election in the history of independent India. Producer Siddharth Roy Kapur of Roy Kapur Films said they are honoured to bring to life the incredible story of Sen, “one of our national heroes”.
“From the very system of identifying political parties by different symbols and colours in order to combat illiteracy to coming up with the idea of indelible ink on fingernails to avoid voter impersonation...
so many of his innovations are in place even today! “His contribution to laying the architecture for our democratic process deserves to be celebrated and we look forward to bringing audiences in India and around the world this thrilling story of our very first election and the amazing man behind it,” Roy Kapur said in a statement. No matter what symbol you pressed over the last month, if you have the little black line on your index finger, here’s an incredible story you wouldn’t want to .