Overview
- The project was publicly unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, May 23, 2026, when the filmmakers announced plans to move the film into pre-production and fundraising.
- Emmy-nominated director Manjari Makijany will lead the film with her sister Vinati Makijany producing and Emmanuel Pappas attached as a producer through Asia Pacific Pictures.
- The documentary is structured as an India–Australia co-production with production slated to begin in 2026 and a targeted release in 2027.
- The film will draw on archival material, interviews with colleagues and family recollections, and has added Shivendra Singh Dungarpur as an advisor to link the project to recent restoration work on Sholay.
- Mac Mohan built a five-decade career of more than 280 films and is best known as Sambha from 1975’s Sholay, and the documentary aims to recover the private man behind that enduring cultural image while seeking international distribution and festival exposure.