Kaun banega ballebaaz 2016.....Sushant, Emraan play real-life cricketers

 

Coming year will see cricket and cricketers getting prominence in Bollywood.

Kaun banega ballebaaz 2016.....Sushant, Emraan play real-life cricketers

 

Barring Lagaan, so far, the films about cricket and cricketers like

 

All-Rounder, Awwal Number, Victory and Patiala House have not had

 

much luck at the boxoffice. The John Abraham-David Dhawan's

 

collaboration over cricket in Hook Ya Crook got shelved.

 

Now, in a bid to bring cricket seriously into cinema, two bio-pics on

 

two legendary cricketers are being shot almost simultaneously by

 

different producers.

 

While Ekta Kapoor's bio-pic on Mohammad Azhrauddin to be directed by

 

Tony D'Souza, focuses extensively on the controversial chapters from

 

the cricketer's life, including the death of his son and the separation

 

from wife actress Sangeeta Bijalani, the Dhoni bio-pic directed by

 

Neeraj Gupta more on the cricketer's rise from a player in Jharkhand

 

to the captain of the Indian team.

 

Says a source close to the Dhoni bio-pic, "A lot of Dhoni's saga was

 

written in the playing field. Sushant Singh Rajput has to practice

 

hard to look convincing playing like Dhoni, whereas, Emraan didn't need

 

to become an expert cricketer to play Azhar bhai, as the film will

 

focus more on his life than game."

 

Says a source, "As far as knowing Dhoni and Azhar Bhai is

 

concerned, Sushant has an advantage as he has met Dhoni a number of

 

times."

 

Would the two cricket bio-pics break the jinx on films related to

 

cricket and cricketers?

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