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SAINA DADDY THE ACCIDENTAL PRIME MINISTER UNTITLED BIOPIC ON SANJAY DUTT MOGUL BIOPIC ON PV SINDHU

- Rishabh Suri

Directed by Amol Gupte, this film will see actor Shraddha Kapoor step into the shoes of Padma Bhushan awardee badminton player Saina Nehwal, who won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Slated for a 2018 release, Shraddha has said that it is going to be her “most difficult film” till date. Actor Arjun Rampal will be playing the role of gangstertu­rned-politician Arun Gawli in this crime drama. The trailer was released on June 13, 2017, and the actor is getting a lot of appreciati­on for his transforma­tion. Directed by Ashim Ahluwalia, the film will release on July 21, 2017.

Biopics based on real life stories of eminent personalit­ies have usually been wellreceiv­ed by the fans and have done well at the box-office too. Last year, Omung Kumar’s Sarbjit, Neeraj Pandey’s M.S. DhoniThe Untold Story and Nitesh Tiwari’s Veteran actor Anupam Kher is set to play the role of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the film, slated to release next year. The first look was released on Twitter on June 7, 2017, by the actor himself, and he completely looks the part. Based on Sanjaya Baru’s book by the same name, the film’s screenplay is written by filmmaker Hansal Mehta. blockbuste­r Dangal, which was a superhit in India and is also doing extremely well in in China, were some of the biopics that garnered both audience’s love and critical acclaim. Bollywood actors and filmmakers are always on the lookout for more such films to prove their mettle. Here’re some of the most anticipate­d and hyped biopics that fans can look forward to: Based on actor Sanjay Dutt’s life, the film starring Ranbir Kapoor is already generating a lot of buzz. After leaked pictures of Ranbir bearing an uncanny resemblanc­e to Sanjay, surfaced online, fans can’t wait to watch the film. Ranbir is reportedly going all out with this one, putting on weight and even copying the famous walk of Sanjay to get into the skin of the character. The film will release in March 2018. Based on the life of T-Series founder Gulshan Kumar, who changed the face of Indian music industry beginning in 1980s, this film will see khiladi Akshay Kumar playing the Actor Sonu Sood is working on his next production, which is based on the life of badminton ace PV Sindhu. The actor, who turned producer with a film titled Tutak Tutak Tutiya recently, has expressed a keen desire to cast actor Deepika Padukone, daughter of famous former badminton player Prakash Padukone, in the lead role. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal in 2016. “I would love to see Deepika playing the character of Sindhu in my film. She is a fine actor. We are still in scripting stage. If the part is offered to her and she likes the script and director and has the time for it, she will surely give her nod,” he was quoted as saying. lead role. The film will trace Gulshan’s rags-to-riches story till the time he was shot dead outside a temple in Mumbai in 1997. It will be directed by Jolly LLB 2 director Subhash Kapoor and release in 2018.

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