Indian and Canadian producers have signed a letter of intent for a treaty co-production on the lifetime of Amir Hussain Lone, the armless cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir, it was unveiled on the Cannes Film Market. The movie is titled “Unarmed Soldier.”
The mission might be directed by Nishil Sheth and structured as an official co-production beneath the India-Canada audio-visual co-production treaty, concentrating on world theatrical, streaming, and tv distribution.
Lone misplaced each arms in an accident on the age of eight and taught himself to play cricket utilizing his legs, batting with the bat braced between his neck and chin and bowling together with his ft. He went on to captain the Jammu and Kashmir para-cricket staff.
The Canadian contingent contains Sgt. Main Keith L. Craig (Retd.), a adorned U.S. navy veteran and former Walt Disney Studios Movement Footage government who labored on the theatrical distribution on greater than 50 main releases together with “Avengers: Endgame,” “Black Panther,” “The Lion King,” and “Star Wars” titles. Craig at present serves as co-founder, chair, and co-CEO of Porter + Craig Movie and Media Distribution, a Beverly Hills-based worldwide gross sales firm. He’s joined by Patricia Bebia of Diamond Plus Media, Marie Ange Barbancourt of Montreal-based ZMA Oddflix, and producer Vronsky Belizaire.
Craig, who authored the e-book “Serving to Lead,” mentioned: “Amir is a true soldier to me as he has the courage to rise, the strength to serve and the ability to inspire hope in others. True greatness is born when adversity is transformed to purpose.”
“This is more than a sports film,” mentioned Bebia. “It is a universal story about the resilience of the human spirit. Amir’s journey reminds us that limitations do not define destiny. Through this international collaboration, we hope to create a film that inspires audiences across cultures and continents.”
The Indian companions are Manjusha Paithankar and Sachin Paithankar of Aarambh Productions, alongside Sameer Dixit and Rishikesh Bhirangi of Pickle Leisure, with Yogesh Karikurve as inventive producer.
Karikurve mentioned: “This universal story is the beginning of Pickle Entertainment’s foray in[to] international productions and meaningful cinema. ‘Unarmed Soldier’ is the perfect story in these difficult times to motivate people from across the world to go beyond the ordinary.”
