Sherlock Holmes Creator's Real-Life Crusade for Justice Inspires New Film

In a unique collaboration, acclaimed Indian director Srijit Mukherji is set to helm a British-Indian co-production that blends Arthur Conan Doyle's real-life crusade to overturn wrongful convictions with elements from his iconic Sherlock Holmes detective fiction. The film, titled "Elementary, My Dear Holmes," is scheduled to begin production in the coming months.

The narrative follows Doyle as he grapples with personal turmoil, including his dying wife's wish for him to marry another woman, while becoming embroiled in the case of George Edalji, a wrongfully convicted man of Indian descent. The film also delves into the plight of Oscar Slater, another victim of judicial injustice, as Doyle applies his investigative prowess to real-world cases that mirror his fictional detective's adventures.

"I first met Sherlock Holmes as a boy -- not in Baker Street, but in the quiet between pages," Mukherji said. "'Elementary, My Dear Holmes' imagines Doyle stepping into his own fiction -- a man haunted by the clarity he created, forced to apply it to a world far messier than the one on paper."