Slumdog Millionaire producer to turn Ashok Rajamani’s story into film

Rajamani is widely known for surviving a full-throttle brain hemorrhage at the age of 25.

Ashok Rajamani's memoir 'The Day My Brain Exploded' will be made into a film / Ashok Rajamani

Renowned producers Tabrez Noorani and Amar Butala are set to turn Ashok Rajamani’s survival story, The Day My Brain Exploded, into a film. Rajamani, a first-generation Indian American, suffered a life-threatening brain hemorrhage at the age of 25 during his brother’s wedding. The Day My Brain Exploded is a memoir which tackles racism, disability, and cultural taboos.

Noorani, of Slumdog Millionaire (2008) fame, is excited to adapt Rajamani’s memoir into a film. He believes it’s a story that captures the very essence of what it means to rebuild yourself when everything seems lost. The Life of Pi (2012) producer said the emotional depth, vulnerability and the triumph over adversity makes it an incredible narrative. “It’s not just a story about surviving a physical trauma, it’s about the emotional and psychological journey of finding meaning in the aftermath,” Noorani told Variety.

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Amar Butala, whose credits include Salman Khan-starrer Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015), pointed out that The Day My Brain Exploded is more than a medical story. “It’s a chance to tell a deeply personal, yet universally relatable tale,” he was quoted as saying in Variety. He said the story is a blend of cultural richness with raw human experience that’s never been seen before.

Ashok Rajamani expressed delight to have his memoir made into a film by veteran producers Tabrez Noorani and Amar Butala who have been involved with some of the most iconic films concerning the South Asian Diaspora in cinematic history.

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