Shyam Benegal, one of India’s best known directors, has announced he will be making an international film on the life of Noor Inayat Khan, the courageous Indian woman who was a secret agent for the British in the Second World War and was awarded the George Cross for her bravery.

Based on the best-selling and critically acclaimed book The Spy Princess by Shrabani Basu, with a screenplay written by Lord Meghnad Desai and Kishwar Desai, the film will include spoken English, French, German and Hindi together for the first time.

The film is currently in pre-production. More on Noor Inayat Khan here.