India’s First Hollywood Star Sabu Gets Biopic as Almighty Motion Picture Acquires Film Rights (EXCLUSIVE)

Before Bollywood became a global phenomenon, there was Sabu — India’s pioneering face in Hollywood whose extraordinary life story is heading back to the big screen.

Almighty Motion Picture has acquired the film and television rights to “Sabu: The Remarkable Story of India’s First Actor in Hollywood,” the acclaimed biography by author Debleena Majumdar that chronicles the incredible true story of Sabu Dastagir, the Indian boy who rose from elephant stables in Mysore to become an international movie star.

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