up. He is currently shooting for Abhishek
Kapoor's Kedarnath opposite Sara Ali Khan
in the holy place itself. Post that, he will
resume the prep and shoot for Chanda
Mama Door Ke, where he will be seen
playing the role of an astronaut.
Now, as per a leading daily, SSR has bagged
another film which is a biopic based on the
popular wrestler The Great Khali. Talking
about it, a source stated to the daily, "The
biopic is on the life of wrestler Dalip Singh
Rana, better known as Khali or The Great
Khali in WWE circle. The studio has spoken to
the Punjabi wrestler and he has given them
the rights to make a film on his life. Sushant
has been approached to play the titular role
and he has in principle agreed to do the
film."
Surprising, right?
The source further said, "People only know
about the sporty side of this Indian-born
American semi-retired professional wrestler,
promoter and actor. But there's an untold
story behind his super success. He was an
officer for the Punjab state police and
struggled for years before making it big in
wrestling. The story will be about his
journey."
It will be interesting to see how the makers
of the film make Sushant look convincing as
Khali because the wrestler's physique is
poles apart from the actor. Khali has a
height of seven feet one inch and he weighs
about 157 kilos. When a trade analyst was
asked about the same, he said, "What
worked in Sushant's favour during Dhoni
was that he looked, walked and talked like
MSD. Here, Sushant has no similarities with
Khali when it comes to his body prototype
and his height. Unless there's a lot of VFX
involved, it's difficult to pull off a film on
Khali. No hero in Bollywood will look
convincing as The Great Khali unless there's
CGI."
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