Back in 2017, Anil Kapoor and Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor announced that they would be making a biopic on India’s first Olympic gold winner Abhinav Bindra, with Harshvardhan playing the Champion. But since then there has hardly been any movement.
In conversation with Mid-Day, Anil Kapoor has said that the film is on, it is happening and pre-production is going on. He called it a very special film.
The film is based on Abhinav Bindra’s autobiography, A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold. Reportedly, Anil Kapoor will play the shooter’s father in the biopic. This will be the third time the father-son pair will be seen on screen after Thar and AK vs AK.
In an interview with ETimes earlier, Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor spoke about the Abhinav Bindra biopic. “Abhinav is a unique individual. He is not your stereotypical athlete. He is a very quiet guy and has a dry sense of humour. Shooting is a psychological sport, and this is not your standard rags-to-riches story, we are trying to develop a narrative that is true to who Abhinav is. We are trying to make it cinematic and at the same time true to his nature and life. The actor also added that they are aiming for a 2024 release, and this year they plan to shoot and edit the film,” he said.
Anil Kapoor is basking in the success of his latest web series The Night Manager, in which he co-stars with Aditya Roy Kapur and Sobhita Dhulipala.
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