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Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has joined the cast of The Confession Of Sultana Daku, produced by London-based Beautiful Bay Entertainment.

Adapted from Sujit Saraf’s best-selling novel, the film tells the true story of the 1920’s bandit who thumbed his nose at the British Raj in a crime spree across central India with a task force of a thousand police on his tail.

The film will be directed by Heeraz Marfatia (Birju) from a script by Shubra Swarup. “Nawaz has lived and dreamed the stories of Sultana Daku since he was a child. In a way, he has been preparing to play this character his entire life without even knowing it,” said Marfatia

Beautiful Bay, founded by Colin Burrows and Michael Ward, specialises in Indian-focussed stories and currently has Pia Sukanya’s Bombairiya in post-production.

After Akarsh Khurana made an exit due to creative differences, Bejoy Nambiar was on a hunt for a new director for his next production titled Focus. And finally he found a perfect filmmaker in Heeraz Marfatia. Excited about the new development, Bejoy revealed that he had shared his troubles after Akarsh's exit with Heeraz while working with him on another project and the filmmaker had immediately agreed to do the film. Heeraz has previously worked on some popular short films like Birju and Exit. Now with the director back in place, Focus is all set to roll by the end of this month. Starring Rajkummar Rao, Focus is a road film with elements of drama and comedy. The film will be shot in the beautiful locales of Kerala.