News is that filmmaker Karan Johar has now bought the rights to make a biopic on hockey legend Dhyan Chand. Breaking the news, the producer-director took to Twitter where he announced that he has bought the rights to depict the story of the greatest hockey star Dhyan Chand! Karan wrote on micro blogging site Twitter, “My friends Pooja…Aarti Shetty and I are honoured and proud to have the rights to tell the story of the legendary sportsman #DHYANCHAND.”
Karan Johar did not disclose further details of the film. But according to reports earlier, it’s said that superstar Shah Rukh Khan would be roped in to play the lead role in Dhyan Chand’s biopic; though an official announcement on the casting is still to be made. For the unaware, Dhyan Chand was a three-time Olympic gold medal winner and was widely popular as ‘The Wizard’ due to his control on the ball. Meanwhile, it’s noted that SRK has earlier played a hockey coach in ‘Chak De!’.
Looks like the coming year has a few sports biopics already lined-up. Recently, a film on Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was also announced which has ‘Kai Po Che’ actor Sushant Singh Rajput playing the lead role in the biopic called ‘M.S. Dhoni’.
