5 Indian sports stars who deserve a biopic of their own

#1 Sushil Kumar Solanki

Sushil Kumar: The legend who deserves a silver screen blockbuster

Perhaps the sportsperson whose tale really needs to be told to the future generations with immense pride is that of the legendary wrestler Sushil Kumar Solanki, the only Indian to have won the World Championship title at all levels [cadet, junior and senior] as well as winning back to back Olympic medals, something unmatched to this date.

Sushil had seen the worst, including ill-equipped facilities and constricted dormitories, before he earned a surprise bronze medal at Beijing Olympics 2008, 56 years after K D Jadhav won the first individual Olympic medal for independent India. Since then, he never looked back.

Much like 'Dangal', Sushil Kumar's story is a poignant relationship between the wrestler and his coach, the coach here being ex Asian stalwart, Satpal Singh, who has been with Sushil through thick and thin. Be it his training at Chhatrasal, or the journey to the World Championship title in 2010, or even the historic silver medal at London Olympics 2012, an insight into the emotional relationship between the guru and the shishya would work wonders, just the way 'Dangal' set the cash registers ringing.

On an optimistic serious note, I'd suggest that such a biopic should hit the floor only after Tokyo Olympics 2020. Who knows if Sushil can deliver the legendary climax that would make his a biopic a blockbuster: an Olympic gold?