MUMBAI: With filmmaker Ramesh Sippy as the chairman of NFDC, the Corporation has returned to filmmaking after a long hiatus. The project will be co-financed by the IIT and IIM alumni.

NFDC is now working on a new project based on the true story of Manjunath Shanmugham, an IIT alumni, who was brutally murdered for having exposed the oil mafia.

The film to be directed by debutante Sandeep Verma will star Divya Dutta, Seema Biswas and Rajesh Khattar in the lead roles. The actor who plays the role of Manjunath has, however, been kept under wraps.

Incidentally, the Manjunath murder case had celebrities like Aamir Khan raise their voice.