5 sports biopics that India can expect in 2017/18

#5 Untitled Biopic on Dhyan Chand

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flower tribute to the Statue of Major Dhyan Chand

It has been four years since Ashok Dhyan Chand, son of Dhyan Chand, sold the movie rights of the movie to be made on his father’s life to producers Pooja Shetty and Aarti Shetty. As per reports, the Shetty sisters then took the idea to their filmmaker friend Karan Johar who liked the theme and agreed to co-produce the film.

“Once it (casting) is done we will begin shooting. So, it can be this year or next year,” sources said.

Names of superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor had cropped up to play the hockey legend on screen. Gossip mills were also abuzz that Varun Dhawan would essay the part.

The biopic will showcase the life of Dhyan Chand, how he rose to fame in the British Raj in India, and how he came to be known as one of the legendary hockey players of the world.