The Israeli novelist Amos Oz said on Wednesday that Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman will direct her first feature film based on A Tale Of Love And Darkness which happens to be a biographical sketch by him. The Israeli-American actress, who gained honour as a best actress Oscar in 2011 for her role in ballet drama Black Swan, will also play Oz's mother, who committed suicide when he was 12. Interestingly, Oz told Reuters by telephone that Portman known to have read A Tale Of Love And Darkness and asked him for the rights to make a film adaptation around five or six years ago. Oz agreed due to the reason of his high admiration for her work and also due to the reason that she is an excellent actor.

(AW:Samrat Biswas)