Rajkummar Rao's 'SRI: The Inspiring Journey of Srikanth Bolla' postponed, to now release on this date

T-Series Films & Chalk N Cheese Films have announced the new release date for the much-anticipated biopic ‘SRI: The Inspiring Journey of Srikanth Bolla.’, the film will now release on 17th May 2024.

Directed by Tushar Hiranandani and featuring a stellar cast including Rajkummar Rao, Jyotika, Alaya F and Sharad Kelkar. ‘SRI’ narrates the remarkable life of Srikanth Bolla, an industrialist who fearlessly pursued his dreams despite visual impairment, eventually founding Bollant Industries.

Written by Jagdeep Sidhu and Sumit Purohit, pictured by Pratham Mehta, SRI is a biopic of an industrialist Srikanth Bolla who didn’t let his visual impairment come in the way of his vision and founded Bollant Industries.

Bolla was born visually impaired in Seetharamapuram in Andhra Pradesh’s Machilipatnam. The youngster who wanted to pursue Science for his secondary education, was refused permission by his school, according to a Deccan Chronicle report. After taking the matter to court, Bolla was finally allowed to pursue Science, but “at his own risk”.

Bolla cleared his 12th Boards with 98 percent marks and went on to become the first international visually-impaired student to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

After graduating, the young entrepreneur chose to come back to India and start Bollant Industries, which manufactures Areca-based products.

According to Tushar Hiranandani, he wanted to make a film on Bolla even before Saand Ki Aankh, but could not do so due to a variety of reasons.

The biopic will trace Bolla’s journey from his birth and continue to time at MIT and how he came back to the country, despite many opportunities being offered to him in the US.

Gulshan Kumar and T-Series Presents a T-Series Films & Chalk N Cheese Films Production LLP, SRI is directed by Tushar Hiranandani, is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar & Nidhi Parmar Hiranandani. The film releases nationwide on the 17th May 2024.