President watches Rahul Bose s Poorna

New Delhi March 28 (IANS) Actor Rahul Bose hosted a special screening of his upcoming film Poorna for President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan here ahead of its commercial release.

Poorna is a biopic on Poorna Malavath who at the age of 13 became the youngest girl to climb Mount Everest. A tribal girl she fought social stigmas and achieved her dreams with true grit determination and a never-give-up attitude.

President Mukherjee who saw the film on March 25 was moved by the biopic which spreads awareness about Poorna s journey encourages women s empowerment and is an inspiration to women from every part of the country to dream big and accomplish their goals read a statement issued on behalf of the movie s makers.

Directed and co-produced by Rahul Poorna will release on Friday.

--IANS
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