Vikrant Massey Reveals Details On White, Insists It’s Not ‘Biopic’ On Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - Exclusive

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Massey, who will next be seen in Vishal Bhardwaj’s O'Romeo later this month, spoke about another upcoming production, White, at Times Now's 20th Anniversary Special Broadcast. Written and directed by Montoo Bassi, White follows Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s role in Colombia’s peace process. Actor Darío Yazbek Bernal, the younger brother of Gael García Bernal, essays the role of Francisco, whose search for peace leads him to the spiritual leader in India. The National Film Award winning actor shared a few details with Times Now Group Editor-in-Chief Navika Kumar about White and what it’s about.

Vikrant Massey divulges details about upcoming film White

During the conversation, the Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan actor shared that before becoming part of the film, he was not a follower of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. He said, “Sadly, I was not. You can actually say that. I believe in his teachings. I believe in the kriyas he educates people about. I meditate. I have the Art of Living app on my phone. I think my life has become better. At least I'm feeling better after I've met him.”

Speaking about the film on the spiritual leader, Vikrant explained, “White is not a biopic. It is a small chapter from his life. It speaks about the Colombian civil War and how he, his teachings, and our Indian value system of tolerance, forgiveness, actually brought a resolution to a 52-year-long civil war. There's a lot in it. How a spiritual leader from India goes 15,000 kms away to a continent where he doesn't speak the language, but the common value system that all of us are bound by is humanity, care, and forgiveness.”

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Vikrant also shared that he and the crew travelled to film White on location in Bogota and Cali in Colombia. It is an international co-production and interestingly, much of the local crew was the same team who had worked on the global hit series for Netflix, Narcos. He added, “The technical crew, the DOP, was the same crew that made Narcos. Tremendous crew, and you will see the quality of the crew. I’m really excited to share this with the world.”

Jaime Newball and José Restrepo are also part of the film which revisits the the Cali Assembly hostage crisis in 2002, leading to a significant “forgiveness meeting” between victims’ families and perpetrators. It ended in the 2016 signing of Colombia’s peace accord, for which the spiritual leader was awarded Colombia’s highest civilian honour.