Azharuddin's life will soon be turned into a film
One of the most controversial personalities of Indian cricket, the life of former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin will soon be turned into a film.
"It only took us thirty meetings to convince Azhar that his was a story that needed to be told," said Ekta Kapoor during the teaser launch of the film in Mumbai.
Emraan Hashmi, who will play the titular role, entered the press conference with his collars turned up, but something tells us that it will take him more than those collars to master the crafty cricketer.
"I have only played gully cricket, but here I am supposed to play one of the best batsmen in Indian cricket. I am glad that Azhar is also helping me train in the game. His leg glance is a nightmare to master but hopefully by the time we start filming I would have got that right," said Emraan.
The first look of Emraan as Azhar has been released on Twitter:
Azhar was quite a star with the ladies as well - a reason, perhaps, why 'shaadi' is one of the main aspects of the biopic.
"There are actually three aspects to my life.
Khuda, shaadi and the match-fixing controversy. It is these three that the film will concentrate on," said Azhar.
The film's shooting will commence from next month and it will hit theatres in May 2016. And it isn't the only biopic on a cricketer releasing that year. Sushant Singh Rajput too will be ready with his biopic on MS Dhoni. "I really didn't know that there was going to be a biopic on Dhoni. All I know is that there will be a biopic on Azhar," said Emraan Hashmi.
There's no doubt that Dhoni is the more celebrated of the two, but it's always the controversies that make for a better biopic. Azhar, incidentally, was a part of many.