Indian and Canadian producers have signed a letter of intent for a treaty co-production on the life of Amir Hussain Lone, the armless cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir, it was unveiled at the Cannes Film Market. The film is titled “Unarmed Soldier.”
The project will be directed by Nishil Sheth and structured as an official co-production under the India-Canada audio-visual co-production treaty, targeting global theatrical, streaming, and television distribution.
Lone lost both arms in an accident at the age of eight and taught himself to play cricket using his legs, batting with the bat braced between his neck and chin and bowling with his feet. He went on to captain the Jammu and Kashmir para-cricket team.
The Canadian contingent includes Sgt. Major Keith L. Craig (Retd.), a decorated U.S. military veteran and former Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures executive who worked on the theatrical distribution on more than 50 major releases including “Avengers: Endgame,” “Black Panther,” “The Lion King,” and “Star Wars” titles. Craig currently serves as co-founder, chair, and co-CEO of Porter + Craig Film and Media Distribution, a Beverly Hills-based worldwide sales company. He is joined by Patricia Bebia of Diamond Plus Media, Marie Ange Barbancourt of Montreal-based ZMA Oddflix, and producer Vronsky Belizaire.
