Deepika Padukone brought Kalpana Dutta character to life: Ashutosh Gowarikar

Filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker says that actress Deepika Padukone has brought energy and feistiness to the character of Kalpana Dutta, the 17-year-old revolutionary of the Chittagong Uprising, on whom his next film is based.

Gowariker said Deepika's efforts to breathe life into the character was very endearing. "She has brought energy in feistiness into the character," he said.

Deepika is paired opposite Abhishek Bachchan in Gowariker's film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, which releases later this year.

The film which, a period thriller is inspired by a true event and based on the book Do and Die written by Manini Chatterjee.

Speaking about Kalpana Dutta, Gowariker said," Kalpana Dutta was just 17 when the Chittagong Uprising took place. She was a voracious reader and was inspired by stories of the youngest revolutionaries. Along with her friend Pritilata Wadadar, she played different roles within the revolutionary movement, including that of a courier-transporting acid from Calcutta to Chittagong. After she was released in May 1939 from jail she got married to communist leader PC Joshi. The author Manini Chatterji is her daughter-in-law."

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey is Gowariker's first epic period thriller and is based on the book Do And Die which centres on the Chittagong Uprising of the 1930s. The film has been shot mostly in Goa along with portions in Mumbai.