Dinesh Vijan joins hands with Raazi fame author Harinder Sikka; to adapt his ‘Vichhoda: In the Shadow of Longing’

Chandigarh, January 27

Dinesh Vijan’s Maddock Films, the banner behind hits including Stree, Hindi Medium, Luka Chuppi, Love Aaj Kal and many others, on Friday announced a partnership with Indian Navy officer-turned author Harinder Sikka.

The company has acquired the rights to adapt Sikka’s post-Partition novel ‘Vichhoda: In the Shadow of Longing’ into a feature film. The novel, which was first published in 2019, tells an untold story of strength, resilience and sacrifice.

Here’s the announcement post:

Harinder’s first novel, ‘Calling Sehmat’, was also adapted into a film ‘Raazi’, which was a blockbuster.

Sharing his excitement about the partnership, Dinesh Vijay said, “We are thrilled to be working with Harinder Sikha, one of the most-talented and respected authors in the industry. His novel ‘Vichhoda’ is a powerful and moving true story of deep love spanning a lifetime, we can’t wait to bring it to life.”

Starting in 1950, against the backdrop of the Nehru-Liaquat Pact, Vichhoda is the story of Bibi Amrit Kaur, whose life, as the book’s blurb states, has been literally torn apart by the 1947 riots.

“She’s now in a different country with a different identity. She accepts this new life gracefully and begins a new chapter. She gets married and has two children. Life, however, has something else in store for her. It breaks her apart. Again,” says the book’s blurb.