MUMBAI: A film based on the life of BCCI President Sourav Ganguly is in the works. It is said that it will be made in Hindi. According to reports, Ranbir Kapoor is expected to play the lead role in the upcoming film. It'll reportedly be made on a budget of ₹200-250 crore.

After Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Mohammad Azharuddin, team India’s former captain Sourav Ganguly is reportedly the latest entrant in Bollywood’s biopic list. A biographical movie on Ganguly has been long pending, with speculations over it running ever since he assumed the presidency of the BCCI.

While he often rejected such reports in the past, this time, the former player has finally given a green signal and sais “agreed with the biography”. “Yes, I agreed with the biography. It’s in Hindi, but I can’t say the director’s name right now. It will take a few more days to get everything in place,” he recently confirmed.

As per the limited details, Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor leads the race for playing him on-screen, while the movie is expected to be a large banner production with a 200-250 crore budget.

According to the media reports, it was suggested that actor Hrithik Roshan was set to play his role in collaboration with Dharma Productions, one of India’s leading film production houses. However, neither Ganguly nor Hrithik responded to those reports. Ganguly has previously been approached by famed Bollywood filmmaker Ekta Kapoor and Fox Star Studios as well. However, the former captain was happy to decline those offers.

As for the current project, which is understood to be in a nascent stage, Ranbir Kapoor’s name has been reportedly confirmed by Ganguly himself, after multiple meetings with an unnamed production house.

Further as per sources, Ganguly’s life as a youngster and becoming an international cricketer, then leading the national team before taking up various administrative roles in the cricket setup of the nation will all be shown in the movie. While the release date of the movie has not been confirmed yet, if everything goes according to the plans, the project might go underway soon, as the script is currently being worked upon and everything is streamlining on a quick basis.

Ganguly’s has been one of cricket’s most inspiring stories. He took over the mantle of captaincy in the aftermath of the fixing scandal and led a campaign to bring the nation out of the dark to take the team to historic highs. 

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