--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aum International:

When:

7:00 PM

Thursday, November 19 (Indira Gandhi's Birthday and the 25th anniversary of Indira Gandhi's martyrdom & assassination)

What:

MOTHER: THE INDIRA GANDHI STORY

For the first time an international film with global stars will capture the powerful life of one of the world's greatest leaders - Indira Gandhi, India's first and, to date, only female Prime Minister.

Part One will unfold from birth to her emergence as "Maa Durga" (goddess of War) after her victory against Pakistan in the 1971 war.

Part Two will cover the political span of the rise of her son Sanjay Gandhi under Indira to her assassination in 1984.

Who:

Renowned director Krishna Shah

Shah, a critically acclaimed Asian-American writer/director/producer has brought to the screen numerous Hollywood and Bollywood films in the U.S. and India.

The film stars India's legendary superstar Madhuri Dixit

Dixit is one of Bollywood's most renown and popular actresses having established herself as a top billed lead in numerous Indian films including the international hit Devdas (2002) with Shar Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai.

Where:

About the Story:

Shah's story on Indira Gandhi has every element of an epic film - passion, love, marriage, motherhood, personal tragedy, revenge, and martyrdom...

Indira Gandhi, for Shah, is truly a heroic character. Her entire political career was replete with incidents which reveal that she displayed exemplary courage to face the greatest upheavals - whether it was the downside of emergency, her defeat after it, when she suffered personal tragedies, when she was faced with national or international challenges like standing up to Richard Nixon when he deployed the 7th Fleet to threaten India into subjugation.

Krishna Shah's "Mother" culls out the story of Indira Gandhi holistically in all its epic dimensions - the inner relationships - with her father, Feroze Gandhi, her sons Sanjay and Rajiv, her daughters-in-law Sonia and Maneka Gandhi as well her grand children - Rahul, Priyanka and Varun. It unfolds with great dramatic finesse the key historical events that shaped her destiny.