Movie on downfall of Asaram Bapu in pipeline, to be helmed by Gangs of Wasseypur producer

Asaram Bapu was much in news after he was convicted for rape in April 2018. A year after his conviction, the author of a book investigating the case announced a movie adaptation of it.

Ushinor Majumdar has penned "God of Sin: The Cult, Clout and Downfall of Asaram Bapu" -- which will be cinematically adapted by filmmaker Sunil Bohra for his latest biopic on the disgraced godman and the women who took him down reported IANS.

"We've seen a lot on the godman both in print and television. This is the first book of its kind reporting on every aspect of the criminal empire of a bogus godman.

"I hope that the world now gets to see the story of three courageous women who fought for justice -- the gutsy survivor who was a minor when she took on the larger-than-life godman, and two efficient women police officers who exposed father and son for what they are," Majumdar said in a statement released by the book's publisher Penguin India.

The film will be made by the producer of "Gangs of Wasseypur" and "Tanu Weds Manu" will not tell the story of his rise to stradom and becoming a popular 'godman' but and will focus on people who played significant roles in the fight for justice against the self-styled godman and facts as relayed in the book.

The book introduces Asaram Bapu as someone who presided over a politically influential empire built on blind faith for decades.
"Along with his son and heir, Narayan Sai, he has now become an example of everything that is wrong with self-styled godmen and the cults they spawn.

"The two stand accused of sexual assaults on vulnerable devotees, land grabbing, money laundering, intimidation, exploitative black magic rituals and the horrific murder of witnesses who testified against them," it says.

The publisher, while maintaining that the book is a stellar example of investigative journalism, looked forward to its movie adaptation.