Freida Pinto to play British spy Noor Inayat Khan in series based on Spy Princess

January 17, 2021 11:00

Freida Pinta will be seen playing the lead role in the upcoming limited series based on Shrabani Basus Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan. The actress is also the executive producer of the series by writer Olivia Hetreed (Girl With a Pearl Earring) and Red Room Films.

According to Deadline, Olivia Hetreed will pen the adaptation based on the book, and Shrabari Basu will serve as a consultant on the series.

Announcing her association with the series, Freida Pinto took to Instagram and penned a long note. She wrote, "I am so excited to share this piece of news with all of you. At a time in this world where we are all looking at leadership and courage to guide and lead us all back to some semblance of sanity and order, I take great comfort in the quiet strength, grace, intelligence and grit that Noor Inayat Khan possessed in the face of chaos during WW2 (sic)."

She further wrote about the British spy, "A real underdog who was written off as 'not overburdened with brains' who ended up being the SOE's first female wireless operator sent into occupied France who helped set up the Secret Armies that would rise up on D-Day, astonishing all those doubted what she was capable of (sic)."

Freida went on to write about her team. She wrote, "My true partners in this Claire Ingham (producer), Andy Paterson (producer), Olivia Hetreed (writer), Anand Tucker (director) and my awesome manager Larry Taube... we have something so beautiful here. Thank you for being on this journey with me. I can't wait to bring this to life! (sic)."

Thanking the writers, Freida wrote, "Lastly, thank you Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski for putting together a wonderful write up that honours the work of Noor Inayat Khan (sic)."

Noor was the first female wireless operator sent into occupied France in 1943, a role with a life expectancy of just six weeks. Interestingly, Radhika Apte played the role of Noor Inayat Khan on Amazon Prime Video's A Call to Spy.

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