MUMBAI: Filmmaker and actress Pooja Bhatt will direct a movie on the late poet, composer and singer Bhupen Hazarika.

Bhatt‘s next film titled ‘Dhumuha‘ is based on the life of Hazarika and his relationship with the filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi who directed several films like Rudaali, Darmiyaan, Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence and Chingaari.

The legendary singer who died on 5 November 2011 was awarded with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, Sangeet Natak Akademi, India‘s The National Academy for music, Dance and Drama.

In 2012, Hazarika was posthumously conferred India‘s second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan by President.

The film will commence its shooting from 31 January 2014 after Lajmi gets ready with the script.