Sandeep Singh: Diljit Dosanjh to play hockey ace Sandeep Singh in Chit

Earlier this year, Diljit Dosanjh bagged
the Filmfare Best Debut Award for his
Bollywood break, the Abhishek Chaubey
directorial 'Udta Punjab' (2016), in which
he played a cop tackling drug menace.
Now, Mirror has learnt that the actor-
singer has been signed by actress
Chitrangda Singh to play Sandeep Singh
in a biopic on the hockey ace and India's
former captain.
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Sandeep's life, with its many highs and
twists, is the stuff Bollywood dreams are
spun around so it is not surprising that
Chitrangda, who was previously married
to golfer Jyoti Randhawa, wants to tell
this sporting hero's story on celluloid.
The 31-year-old hockey player is
currently employed with the Haryana
Police as deputy superintendent.
Sandeep, who played as a full back and
was a penalty corner specialist, grabbed
headlines when he made a comeback to
the field after a freak incident. He was
seriously injured by an accidental
gunshot while travelling on the
Shatabdi Express in August 2006 en
route to join the national team that was
to leave for the World Cup in Germany
two days later.
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For a while now, there has been talk of
Chitrangda turning independent film
producer. The Delhi girl who has made
Mumbai her home, acquired the rights to
the story almost three years ago and
was keen to flag off the biopic much
earlier but the hunt for the perfect actor
to play Sandeep stretched on. At one
point, the hockey ace who admitted to
being a huge Ranbir Kapoor fan wanted
the actor to play him after seeing him as
a Sikh in Rocket Singh, but that didn't
happen.
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Chitrangda tied up with Sneha Rajani .
Together, the two ladies have been
working on the project which is likely to
roll later this year. According to a source,
Shaad Ali has been signed to direct the
film and all the creative heads concurred
that Diljit was a perfect fit for the role.
During one of his overseas tours,
Sandeep confirmed reports that
Chitrangda had bought the rights for
making a film on his life. "I'm excited
that people will see my story on
celluloid," he had said.
Chitrangda remained unavailable for
comment but an insider confirmed the
news.

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