Abhishek Chaubey will direct hockey legend Dhyan Chand's biopic; read details

Ronnie Screwvala and Abhishek Chaubey are collaborating again, this time with Premnath Rajagopalan as co-producer to bring story of hockey legend Dhyan Chand to big screen. Being written for over a year by Supratik Sen and Abhishek, duo has finally zeroed in on screenplay. casting is underway and soon le will be finalised.

Dhyan Chand celebrated as ‘ Wizard’ represented Indian hockey team from 1925 to 1949, scoring over 1500+ goals in 185 matches he played as a centre forward during his international career, which includes 3 Olympic Gold Medal wins in 1928,1932 and 1936. He was felicitated with Pma Bhushan in 1956 and his birth anniversary on August 29, is celebrated as National Sports Day.

Director, Abhishek Chaubey shares, “Dhyan Chand is one of greatest hockey players in history of our National Sport, and it’s a matter of pride to direct his biopic. We h massive amount of research material in hand, and honestly, every achievement of his life deserves a separate story in itself. I am grateful to have a brilliant creative force like Ronnie Screwvala backing film, and we can’t wait to get started next year. Hoping to anunce le actor soon."

Pma Bhushan Dhyan Chand’s son, Ashok Kumar - Olympic medalist and winning goal scorer in 1975 World Cup Hockey- is elated to bring to fore sporting icon his far has been. “re is better hockey player to date in world like 3 time Olympic gold medalist Dhyan Chand. When Rohit Vaid approached me with desire to make a film on my far, I was instantly drawn to his intensity and passion for project. genius of Dhyan Chand and his achievements will be seen by world and my family and I are thrilled to be part of this”. 

Ronnie Screwvala said, “Given largeness and greatness of Dhyan Chand’s life achievements, I feel that re could be one better than Abhishek to direct film and it’s an absolute pleasure to collaborate with him again after Sonchiriya. Dhyanchand is biggest icon of Indian sports who unfortunately youth of today don’t kw much about. re couldn’t have been a greater underdog story than DhyanChand`s and I can’t wait to bring this film to audiences.

movie is set to release in 2022.

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