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| Friday , September 26 , 2014

Padded up to bat for Captain Cool

Padded up for the biggest biopic of 2015, Patna boy Sushant Singh Rajput has quite a challenging pitch to bat on.

The reason: The actor has to play the role of India captain in M.S. Dhoni " The untold story. The first look of the movie's poster was tweeted on Thursday by Dhoni's better-half Sakshi Singh Dhoni.

"Clearing out all those rumours being carried out past few days. It was all false.. Here you go ...BOOM !!!" read the tweet of Captain Cool's wife.

Sushant, who has previously donned the hat of a cricketer in Kai Po Che! in 2013, expressed happiness over the first look of the poster. "I am very happy to play the lead role. I am Dhoni's super fan. But I never thought I would ever get an opportunity to enact on screen a person, whom I always admire. I want to thank my director for choosing me for the role. I cannot play like Dhoni but I would try my level best to act like him on the ground so that people can relate me with the role," said Sushant.

Directed by Neeraj Pandey of A Wednesday and Special 26 fame, the film on the Indian skipper is set to hit theatres in 2015. The release date is yet to be announced.

The poster shows Sushant's back, wearing Dhoni's "lucky" jersey number 7 and holding the bat in the captain's unique style on the shoulder. The bat has Dhoni's moniker "Mahi" written on its upper edge.

In a yorker of sorts, weeks back there were rumours that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) would oppose the biopic. But the BCCI in a statement said they will have no issues, until the film hampers the career of captain Dhoni.

Sushant's father K.K. Singh, who is very happy with his son's filmy spell, said: "My son told me three months back that he had met Dhoni to take cricketing tips from him. He was working hard to perfect Dhoni's helicopter shot. I am waiting for the film to release. My son is the lead in the biopic on Dhoni. So, there's a sense of pride. The recent biopics on Milkha Singh and Mary Kom have received appreciation from across the country and abroad. Hope, this too gets its due."

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140926/jsp/bihar/story_18872634.jsp