Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has said that she has a script ready for a film based on the Bilkis Bano case, but could not make it due to lack of support from digital platforms, including Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, among others. The Supreme Court on Monday invalidated the Gujarat government’s decision to release the 11 convicts, who raped five-months pregnant Bilkis Bano and killed her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

A user on X (previously Twitter) asked Ranaut about making a film on Bilkis Bano. “Dear Kangana ma’am, your passion for women empowerment is encouraging. Would you be interested in telling the story of Bilkis Bano with a powerful movie? Will you? Will you do it for Bilkis Bano, feminism or at least humanity? (sic)”