Sushant Singh Rajput, who had played Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Neeraj Pandey’s ‘M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story’, will reportedly be seen essaying the role of ‘The Great Khali’ in the wrestler’s biopic.
For the past couple of years, Bollywood has been basking in the success of its treasured trick of producing biopics on prominent personalities. From ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’, ‘Neerja’, ‘Paan Singh Tomar’, ‘Mary Kom’, ‘Azhar’, ‘Dangal’ and ‘M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story’; each movie has proved that this mantra is a huge hit among viewers.
In fact, we all love to watch movies that are made on athletes because it helps us experiencing and learning about the struggles that they had to go through in the early stages of their career and how their life changed after they found fame.
“The biopic is on the life of wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, better known as Khali or The Great Khali in WWE circle. The studio has spoken to the Punjabi wrestler and he has given them the rights to make a film on his life. Sushant has been approached to play the titular role and he has in principle agreed to do the film”
Meanwhile, upcoming film of Sushant, Chanda Mama Door Ke will let him playing the role of an astronaut. The actor has started preparing for the movie, which is India’s first space adventure film. He is undergoing intense training for his character at NASA.