A year after Amitabh Bachchan recited the lines “Punar Janam Ho Mera To Ho Ganga Ke Tut Par” during a publicity film shoot for the then Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, the same bank of Ganga in Varanasi is a docu-drama depicting the ambitions and political career of present Chief Minister Mayawati.

The shooting of ‘Atulya Mayawati’ has begun on the sandy riverfront parallel to the majestic Ganga Ghats in Varanasi.

Two of the five songs for the film will be shot on the riverfront between November 7 and 9, a key member of the shooting crew told The Indian Express in Varanasi on Thursday evening.

All the five songs in the 80-minute docu-drama have been sung by top Bollywood singers, including Sadhna Sargam, Udit Narayan, Vinod Rathod and Kavita Krishnamurthy.

On Thursday, Rajesh, an artiste from Mumbai, led a contingent of local dancers to shoot the song “Ab To Bhaiya Bahujan Ka Raaj Hai, Ab To Bhaiya Jan Jan Ka Raaj Hai.... Goonj Rahi Hai Disha Disha Mein Apni Jaykar, Pehli Baar Mila Hai Bahumat Ka Raaj.”

The docu-drama deals with every important aspect of Mayawati’s life, starting from her first major public speech at the Constitution Club in New Delhi in 1978 that laid the foundation of her association with BSP founder Kanshiram, to her ascendancy to the throne of UP CM with an unprecedented majority in May 2006, sources in the shooting crew said.

The docu-drama, which will further be shot during a soon-to-be-held programme of the BSP in Azamgarh, besides Jaunpur, Lucknow and areas near Mayawati’s birthplace Badalpur, also covers other epoch-making events dotting the progressive political chart of the BSP and Mayawati.

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