Hollywood, Bollywood Producers Unite For Film On Indian-American’s Survival Story

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (ANI) – Slumdog Millionaire producer Tabrez Noorani and Bajrangi Bhaijaan producer Amar Butala are teaming up to adapt Ashok Rajamani’s memoir, The Day My Brain Exploded, into a feature film, Variety reports.

The memoir chronicles Rajamani’s extraordinary survival story as a first-generation Indian American who suffered a catastrophic brain hemorrhage at 25—during his brother’s wedding—forcing him to confront profound physical and emotional challenges. It is the first South Asian American memoir to explore disability, racism, and cultural taboos.

Noorani, known for producing Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty, and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, will produce the film. His directorial debut, Love, Sonia, tackled human trafficking and starred Demi Moore and Freida Pinto. Expressing his enthusiasm for the project, Noorani said the story “captures the essence of rebuilding oneself after a life-altering event.”

Joining him is Bollywood veteran Amar Butala, whose credits include Bajrangi Bhaijaan, one of Bollywood’s highest-grossing films. He emphasized that the adaptation is not just a medical drama but a deeply personal yet universally relatable story that blends cultural depth with raw human experience.