Movie about Dr Kotnis underway
By Xu Weiwei in Hong Kong, Aparajit Chakraborty in New Delhi and Arunava Das in Kolkata | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-10-10 18:30
Dr Kotnis, also famous for Dr Ke Dihua in Chinese, is well remembered across China and in India. A new movie of him, Friend of Mankind, is being made. Srikant Kotnis said he wished "the upcoming movie should capture the true spirit and values Dr Kotnis upheld".
Kartik Kendhe, an Indian film director has started to make a film on the life of Kotnis, in Marathi language. The film will have English and Chinese subtitles to spread the story of the Indian doctor who devoted his life to saving Chinese against Japanese imperial aggressors.
A part of the film will be shot in China's Hebei province.
