Living up to a successful track record of delivering blockbusters with outstanding stories like Neerja, Jolly LLB (Part 1 & 2) and MS Dhoni : The Untold Story, Fox Star Studios in collaboration with Abundantia Entertainment, the name behind critically and commercially acclaimed films like Baby and Airlift, is all set to present the biopic of ace badminton player, chief national coach of the Indian Badminton team and Padma Shri awardee — Pullela Gopichand.
The film, a bilingual biopic in Hindi & Telugu will chronicle the exciting journey of Pullela Gopichand, on and off the court. The scripting of the film, which is planned to dubbed in Tamil, is underway and the shoot will commence in mid-2018.
Commenting on the biopic, Pullela Gopichand, said, “Badminton is at an inflection point in our country and nothing delights me more than to see the rapidly growing interest for the sport, especially with the youth. I would be proud if by sharing my story as a film, we can encourage more and more people to pursue their dreams. I am excited with the developments on the film and look forward to Vikram and Fox Star taking this film to the masses.”
Telugu Sudheer Babu is expected to reprise the role of Gopichand and the project will be helmed by Praveen Sattaru.