Harshvardhan Kapoor signs a biopic

Anil Kapoor's son, Harshvardhan Kapoor who debuted in Bollywood with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Mirzya has signed his third film. He will be essaying the role of Olympic medalist Abhinav Bindra. Harshvardhan shared an image on his social media account and captioned it as, "Beginnings are very special. Especially when you get to play a character that has made the nation proud on world stage. I am stoked to have been chosen to play #AbhinavBindra and hopefully will do justice to the man, the legend! Like the man himself said "Hard Work is a talent." #LetsDoThis

About the film, Harshvardhan had said to a leading daily, "The biopic is a big responsibility because of the subject matter. It is the most mammoth responsibility I've ever shouldered. I roped in Abhay, who wrote the final draft of Bhavesh Joshi, to work on a new draft of the Bindra biopic. We are taking the script into a really exciting place. It's about externalising internal conflicts, and making it emotionally and visually spectacular. Harshvardhan has already begun preparing for the film and he will be undergoing extensive training for the role.

Harshavardhan is currently working on Vikramditya Motwane's Bhavesh Joshi. The film is half-complete and remaining schedules will be shot soon.

Recently, it was rumored that Harshavardhan's third film will be Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK's Farzi. It was reported that cousin Arjun Kapoor had walked out of the film and recommended Harsh for the role. However, so far there has been no official announcement about that film.