Actor Rekha Rana will be the protagonist of a film that will tell the real life story of Ameena, a 12-year-old from the Old City, who was sold to an Arab by her parents in the early 1990s. Ameena was rescued and brought home after a flight attendant, who saw her weeping on the plane, raised an alert.
Rekha, who is here for a promotional event, said she planned to meet Ameena, who lives in the Old City.
The film, Yahan Ameena Bikti Hain , will be shot in Togo, Dubai, Mumbai and Hyderabad.
Rekha has won acclaim for her role in Tara: The Journey of Love and Passion , a film is by Kumar Raj Productions, which is now filming Ameena’s story.
Tara has been nominated for the Oscars 2015 in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
