MUMBAI: After the screening of her film Dharm in the Vatican on the Pope’s request last week, the latter has promptly assigned Bhavna Talwar with the job of researching and making a film on the rosary and its links with holy beads across the world.

“It’s a huge honour. Hinduism, Islam, Christianity. Practically, every religion uses the holy beads. The concept of repetition as meditation is universal and cuts across all religion and cultures. I will explore this concept of universality through the holy beads,” said Talwar in a statement.

The film, a mixture of documentary and fiction, will have Talwar travel to remote parts of the world from Istanbul to Jerusalem and also the Vatican.

In her endeavour, Talwar will be accompanied by Italian anthropologist and author Franco La Cecla.