agra rajeev bhatia director of national awardwinning haryanvi film pagdi the honour has announced he will be making a commercial film on the lives of acid attack survivors working at sheroes hangout bhatia will be casting the survivors in lead roles and visited the caf a couple of days ago to discuss the project with them talking to toi bhatia said my first film pagdi was based on the social evil of honour killing this movie will talk about issues related to acid atatcks which are quite rampant i have been working on this acid attacks subject for a long time now and wanted to meet the survivors here as i was in lucknow to attend a theatre and film festival i thought i should not waste this opportunity of meeting them i have heard their stories i will make a fictional film based on their lives i will try to shoot film in agra itself with the real characters after march it will be realistic in nature but handled in quite interesting and engaging manner in my last film many new comers had worked who did not have any training in acting i am quite sure these survivors will do a wonderful job in the movie although a final casting will be done there will other actors and actresses who will act in this movie he added bhatia explained that the movie will be on the lines of movies like gangs of wasseypur which do not have any item songs but are story and content based i am working on a film right now it will be released in march and soon after that i will start working on this film said the 45yearold director bhatia was all praise for survivors and said the hangout has given them a new identity and helped them gain confidence i hope that after the film is released many more people will get associated with them the issues of easily availability of acid in market polices failure in registering firs on time and how survivors are threatened will be part of the film he said bhatia has been in the film and tv industry for the last 20 years he has directed many tv serials including 11 for ekta kapoor including kasautii zindagii kay and kyunki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi his film pagdi the honour had bagged two prestigious national awardsbest film and best supporting actress