Film on Arunima by Dec 2018

LUCKNOW: The saga of plucky mountaineer Padma Shri Arunima Sinha, the first woman amputee to conquer Mt Everest, will soon be scripted on celluloid. The contract for the film was signed on Friday in the presence of governor Ram Naik.

The document was signed by mountaineer Arunima Sinha and producer Vivek Rangachariya. The film, named ‘Arunima’ would be ready by December 2018, said the producer who has made several films in Hindi and Marathi.

The royalty for the film is to be used for the education and skill development of physically challenged people. Showering praise on Arunima Sinha, Naik said, “She is physically challenged but it has not dented her confidence and self belief. Climbing Mt Everest is a shining example of her indomitable spirit.”

He said the film based on her life would motivate the specially abled to take inspiration and move on in life. He said physically challenged people were also an integral part of the society.

In December 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched ‘Born Again on the Mountain’, a book by Arunima Sinha. The Hindi version of the book titled ‘Everest Ki Beti’ was published subsequently.

Arunima, who hails from Ambedkar Nagar and is a former national level volleyball player, lost her right leg after being allegedly thrown off a moving train near Bareilly by unidentified hoodlums while resisting a robbery in April 2011. The Railways had, however, contested the claim besides questioning her national player status.