2016 is set to witness three cricket related movies come to life with all being biopics based on Indian cricketers. The release date for movie on Sachin Tendulkar hasn’t been decided yet but the teaser will go live on April 14th. The flick captures Tendulkar’s cricket and personal life in great detail with Sachin himself featuring in the movie.
‘Azhar’ is an upcoming film directed by Tony D’Souza based on certain well known and highly talked about incidents surrounding former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin. The film is scheduled for a worldwide release on 13 May 2016.
The third movie sees current limited overs captain MS Dhoni’s life be told through the direction of Neeraj Pandey with Sushant Singh Rajput playing ‘Dhoni’ in the film. The teaser of this movie was released on March 15, 2016 during India vs Pakistan at ICC World Twenty20.
Talk of Sachin’s movie kept Twitter abuzz with the likes of Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Suresh raina and Tendulkar himself.
One guys relentless pursuit won a billion hearts, @sachin_rt Watch #SRTteaseron14thApril 1 PM @SachinTheFilm pic.twitter.com/zcEzsBP86p
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) April 11, 2016
Shah Rukh Khan also took to twitter showing his interest for Sachin’s movie. To which Sachin replied that first he will watch his upcoming movie ‘Fan’ which is set to be released on April 15th.
This one I have to watch. Show me NA soon my friend. https://t.co/DeIxqGGc4v
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) April 11, 2016
Definitely @iamsrk par pehle @FanTheFilm ki baari hain….Dil se!! https://t.co/tIYIOBVvdp
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 11, 2016