Farhan Akhtar to play lead in Rakesh Sharma's biopic 'Saare Jahaan Se Acchha'?

news of biopic of Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma has been making it to headlines for last two years. film titled Saare Jahaan Se Acchha will mark ad-filmmaker Mahesh Mathai’s return to big screen after his 2000 film Bhopal Express. sci-film will reportedly trace journey of Sharma, a former Indian Air Force pilot, to moon. astronaut flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on April 3, 1984 and later became  first Indian to travel in .

Farhan Akhtar to play Rakesh Sharma in next

According to reports, makers of film had anunced project in 2018 with Aamir Khan in titular role, but actor dropped out of film eventually. film’s writer, Anjum Rajabali, had reportedly revealed at a public event, that it was because Aamir's dream project, Mahabharat that he had to opt out of film. Ever since re have been speculations about actor who would step into shoes of Rakesh Sharma. After baton passing through several actors, recently according to reports by a local media outlet, director has roped in Farhan Akhtar on board for titular role.

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A source of media outlet close to development reportedly informed that after going through a lot of brainstorming, makers zeroed in on Farhan as he has played an athlete Milkha Singh before in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. source reportedly said that talks are going on and actor is expected to start his preparations soon after he completes his pending commitments. According to source, actor will go through a thorough body transformation, physical training, and understanding nuances of an astronaut for film. 

As per reports, source also informed that final script is all drafted and makers are w looking forward to searching for an ensemble star cast and chalk out time schedule of film. According to reports, film will showcase journey of astronaut with emotional undertones of death of Sharma’s daughter. It will also showcase training sessions he went through as part of mission which was a joint program between Indian Research Organisation (ISRO) and Soviet Intercosmos Program.

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