Overview
- On Thursday Siddharth P Malhotra told multiple outlets that he has finished the screenplay for Kamal Aur Meena and that it is built from roughly 2,000 handwritten letters and diary notes belonging to Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi.
- The production is now working on casting and financing, and the director says no lead actors are finalised, so reports linking Kiara Advani to the Meena Kumari role remain unconfirmed.
- The film will focus on the couple’s tragic relationship and the making of Pakeezah (1972), with writers Bhavani Iyer and Kausar Munir credited for scripting the love story.
- Malhotra said the team hopes to begin principal photography by the end of the year but acknowledged that start dates depend on casting choices and overall production costs; his schedule also includes Ikka, which is due to premiere on Netflix on July 10, 2026.
- The project follows a separately announced Meena Kumari biopic that was later shelved, and using private archives raises likely editorial and legal questions while increasing public and commercial interest in casting decisions.