MUMBAI: Amidst the shoot of her film Midnight’s Children, Deepa Mehta has announced her next film titled Masterpiece. She has, however, clarified that she would move on to her venture after she is done with Midnight’s Children.

Masterpiece is about acclaimed French artist Henri Matisse and his relationship with his nurse-model and muse, Monique Bourgeois. Matisse is regarded by aficionados, along with Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three artists who helped define revolutionary developments in the art world in the early 20th century.

He hired his muse Monique Bourgeois in 1941 who later became a Dominican nun. The two some came across each other again in Vence, France, where she inspired him to decorate the Chapelle du Rosaire, known as the Matisse chapel.

Though she hasn’t revealed the cast of Masterpiece, Mehta has apparently roped in Hollywood biggie Al Pacino to play the revolutionary painter.

Although no date of commencement has been set, the film is likely to roll early next year.