A film on a hockey legend; Soorma released today and close on the heels of Soorma’s release, another sports biopic has been announced.
Looks like the makers have been influenced by the football frenzy that is going on with the world cup! Zee Studios, Boney Kapoor, Akash Chawla and Joy Sengupta have announced a film on India’s legendary football coach Syed Abdul Rahim.
The role will be played by none other than Ajay Devgn. Syed Abdul Rahim, the coach and manager was responsible for taking the Indian football team to such great heights his life will now be turned into a feature film. The yet to be titled film will see Ajay Devgn essay the role of the coach.
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Talking about casting Ajay, producer Boney Kapoor said, “An actor like Ajay is most apt for essaying this character. We hope that the film inspires millions of youngsters and soon India plays in the World Cup and becomes a potent force in World Football.”
Not many (not even the ones who call themselves hardcore football fans!) are aware India was once called the Brazil of Asia for its football team. The team won accolades by beating some of the top teams in the world and also went onto win Gold at the 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia, beating South Korea, one of the toughest teams at that time. Speaking about the same, Boney added, “It’s amazing to see football, world’s biggest game, having such a fever in India, and yet our team is not being sent to important tournaments. When my partners Akash Chawla and Joy Sengupta brought me the true story of Syed Abdul Rahim, I was amazed that not many are even aware of this unsung hero and the achievements of that great team which had heroes like Chunni Goswami, P.K. Banerjee, Balaram, Franco, Arun Ghosh among others. With the momentum of Khelo India getting pace, it’s time to push India.”
The film will be directed by Amit Sharma, while the screenplay and dialogues are written by Saiwyn Quadros and Ritesh Shah respectively. Bollywood sure is on a sports biopic spree!
