Deepa Mehta has another adaptation on the way. The Indo-Canadian filmmaker will follow-up her last feature, 2020’s “Funny Boy,” based on Shyam Selvadurai’s novel of the same name, with “Burnt Sugar.” Mehta is writing and directing the pic based on Avni Doshi’s bestselling novel for Propagate Content.

“Set in the Indian city of Pune, the novel tells the story of Tara, who after a wild youth, faces challenges when she is older and must rekindle her relationship with her daughter,” Variety details.

“Burnt Sugar” was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and longlisted for the 2021 Women’s Prize.

“Depicting complicated human connections are what drive most of my projects and I look forward to delving into the complex, layered, and at times surprisingly dark mother-daughter relationship that is so shockingly illustrated in this novel,” said Mehta. “’Burnt Sugar’ is often sprinkled with razor sharp humor and its unexpected take on the old-as-time relationship left me gasping. It grabbed me from its first sentence and I couldn’t say yes fast enough when I was asked to bring the vision to the screen.”

“Funny Boy” was Canada’s entry for the 2021 Academy Awards’ International Feature category. Mehta’s other films include the “Fire,” “Earth,” and “Water” trilogy. The latter was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2007. “Midnight’s Children” and “Anatomy of Violence” are also among her feature credits.