Randeep Hooda in a still from Sultan.
Highlights
- "These are always very inspirational films," said Randeep Hooda
- Randeep Hooda plays the role of an MMA fighter in Do Lafzon Ki Kahani
- Randeep Hooda stars as a boxing coach in Sultan
Actor Randeep Hooda, who played a mixed martial arts (MMA) artist in
Do Lafzon Ki Kahani and will be seen as Salman Khan's wrestling coach in
Sultan, said that films based on sports are "very necessary".
"Films on sports are very necessary. It gives birth to a sporting culture, which I think, we need as a country," Randeep told IANS over phone from Mumbai on Thursday.
The actor was attending a course titled #ShareTheLoad, which will be taken to universities to help educate the masses on gender bias within one's household.
"Films about boxing and MMA, like
Do Lafzon Ki Kahani or
Sultan, are ultimately about an all-encompassing sport. The whole thing about sports movies or boxing movies - which is a genre in Hollywood - is to draw the parallel of struggle within the ring in life," he added.
The
Sarbjit actor said that these "are very inspirational films".
"These are always very inspirational films. They should be made. There can never be enough inspiration," he added.