The late, great Canto-pop singer Anita Mui Yim Fong gets the big-budget biopic treatment her status deserves with the simply titled Anita, a new Hong Kong film tentatively scheduled for theatrical release in 2021.

One of the last generational superstars in the city’s entertainment industry when she died from cervical cancer on Dec 20, 2003, Mui was revered not just for her talent and charisma on stage and screen, but also for her big-hearted personality, which saw her contribute to charitable ventures and participate in social activism . In the process the singer touched both her legion of fans and society at large.