Updated On: 14 January, 2019 07:03 PM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
As he pens second part of Calling Sehmat that inspired Raazi, Harinder Sikka hints that Alia Bhatt is keen to take the story ahead on the big screen

Alia Bhatt
Months after the phenomenal success of Alia Bhatt's Raazi, Harinder Sikka — author of Calling Sehmat, the book that was adapted by director Meghna Gulzar for the big screen — reveals that he is working on the sequel, Remembering Sehmat. While many may believe that the novel — that told the true story of a young Kashmiri girl who was sent as a spy to Pakistan in 1971 — doesn't lend itself to a second part, the author insists the protagonist's journey has enough fodder to warrant a sequel.
"After I wrote Calling Sehmat in 2008, I spent another 10 years with her, on and off, depending on the little time she gave me. [The book will focus on] how she went into depression after the mission but fought her way out of it.