Indian-origin British filmmaker Gurinder Chadha, who is in the country to scout for locationsfor her upcoming film on Partition, met Prime Minister  Narendra Modi here.

PM Narendra Modi and Gurinder Chadha

The 55-year-old 'Bend It Like Beckham' helmer took to twitter to share the picture in which she is seen with Modi.

"Move over @BarackObama @MichelleObama @GurinderC got an Indian film to make on the partition of India! #tolerance," Chadha posted.

The director's upcoming movie is based on the book 'Freedom at Midnight' by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. The cast of the film is yet to be decided.