Tag: biopic

Mithali Raj’s life to be narrated through a biopic

The life story of Mithali Raj, captain of the Indian women’s cricket team, will now be told through a Bollywood biopic, Viacom18 Motion Pictures announced on Tuesday. She hopes it inspires young girls to explore sports as a career. The rights for the biopic of the cricket star have been acquired by the studio which...

September 26, 2017

Harshvardhan Kapoor to essay Abhinav Bindra in biopic

Bollywood actor Harshvardhan Kapoor will play shooter Abhinav Bindra on the silver screen and says he is “stoked” to be chosen to essay the Olympic champion. Harshvardhan on Tuesday shared a photograph of himself along with Bindra, who won the country’s first individual gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. “Beginnings are very special. Especially...

September 6, 2017

Bruce Lee biopic should be a great movie: Kabir Bedi

Veteran actor Kabir Bedi has hailed filmmaker Shekhar Kapurs decision to direct the Bruce Lee biopic and said it will be a "great movie". Kapur, who helmed the Oscar winning film "Elizabeth", will co-produce and direct "Little Dragon" — an authorised biopic of the martial arts legend and actor Bruce Lee. "Now Shekhar Kapur is...

July 18, 2017

My life not controversial enough for a biopic: Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan's journey to stardom can serve as an inspiration for aspiring actors but the superstar does not believe that his life story can be made into a film as it is "not that controversial". The 51-year-old actor said if anyone will write his biopic it would be more of a success story than...

June 28, 2017

My biopic would be boring: Shah Rukh Khan

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan doesn't find his life's story interesting and "controversial" enough for a biopic. He says that, in fact, it would be "boring" unless he decides to write it on his own. The superstar has clocked 25 years in the film industry since his debut film Deewana released in 1992.  Considering the fact that...

June 27, 2017

Tupac Shakur’s legacy lives on through ‘All Eyez on Me’

June 16, 2017

Shraddha Kapoor begins training for Saina Nehwal biopic

Actress Shraddha Kapoor has begun her badminton training to play champion Saina Nehwal in an upcoming biopic. A sports lover, Shraddha has played football, basketball, handball and badminton in her school days. But to get the nuances of the real life sports star right and alive on screen, Shraddha is being put through extensive training....

June 7, 2017

Juno Temple wants to star in a biopic

Actress Juno Temple said her dream film role would be to star in a biopic. The 27-year-old actress, who has starred in movies such as Horns and Maleficent, said she would love to take on the lead role in a biographical film so she could transform herself into somebody else, reported Guardian. "I've dipped my toes...

May 28, 2017

‘Sachin’: You don’t have to be a cricket fan to love the Sachin bio-pic

Film: Sachin: A Billion Dreams Director: James Erskine; Starring: Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Anjali Tendulkar, SaraTendulkar, Mayuresh Pem There is something about Sachin Tendulkar, something so correct and so innocent you want him to win in life even when you know he is no more the 'God' of the cricket field. The...

May 26, 2017

Producer seeks V-B help for film on Tagore-Annapurna

Actor Priyanka Chopra's production house has approached the Visva-Bharati to help them in the making of a Marathi-Bengali biopic on the platonic relationship between Rabindranath Tagore and Annapurna Turkhud. Annapurna was the daughter of a family friend, based in Maharashtra, who had taught him Western manners before his UK trip. On Annapurna's request he had...

May 10, 2017

Discovery to showcase biopic on Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev

A scripted biopic on Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev's life will soon be aired on a new channel being launched by Discovery, it was announced on Tuesday. The 65-episode series will be aired on Discovery's upcoming Hindi general entertainment channel named 'JEET', Discovery Communications announced. Likely to be launched by the end of 2017, Discovery JEET will...

May 9, 2017

Sanjay Dutt biopic to be shot in New York

Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani says over half the shooting for the Sanjay Dutt biopic is done, and that the team will head for a schedule in New York later this year. "Shooting wise, 60 per cent of the film is done. We are starting our next schedule now and will wrap that up by mid-June and...

May 8, 2017

Jeremy Renner cast as Doc Holliday in new biopic

Avengers star Jeremy Renner has signed on to play Doc Holliday in a new biopic about the legendary gunslinger. The film will be based on two books about Holliday Doc and Epitaph: A Novel Of The OK Corral  written by Mary Doria Russell, reported Deadline. Renner and Don Handfields The Combine production house will produce the film...

May 3, 2017

PV Sindhu hopes her biopic inspires millions

PV Sindhu is the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in badminton in the Olympics.

May 1, 2017

Sonu Sood to make a biopic on PV Sindhu

Ace shuttler Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, who became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics last year, is the next sports personality whose story is heading to the big screen. Actor-producer Sonu Sood is set to paint Sindhu's life and victory on the silver screen. “It feels great to make a...

May 1, 2017

Madonna slams biopic ‘Blonde Ambition’

Queen of pop Madonna has criticised Blonde Ambition, which is an unauthorised biopic on her, saying only she could tell her story. “Nobody knows what I know and what I have seen,” wrote Madonna on Instagram. “Only I can tell my story. Anyone else who tries is a charlatan and a fool. Looking for instant...

April 26, 2017

Madonna biopic in the works

Universal is developing singer Madonna's biopic titled Blonde Ambition. The studio has picked up rights to Elyse Hollander's Blonde Ambition screenplay about Madonna's first album, reports variety.com. Blonde Ambition led the 2016 version of the Black List – an annual ranking of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood.  Hollander's script received 49 votes among the 250 executives...

April 25, 2017