Varun Dhawan Or Ranbir Kapoor In Shooter Abhinav Bindra Biopic?

The year 2016 is the year of biopics. We have already seen movies like Azhar and Sarabjit, in the coming months we will get to see Dangal starring Aamir Khan, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story starring starring Sushant Singh. The latest buzz is that Ek Thi Daayan" director Kannan Iyer will helm a sports-drama based on the Olympian shooter Abhinav Bindra's life and it may star either Varun Dhawan or Ranbir Kapoor in the lead role.

According to a source, “The cast is in place except the central character. For Bindra’s role, Iyer has zeroed in on two actors — Ranbir Kapoor and Varun Dhawan — who have the right build, age and spirit to portray Bindra from age 17 to his present age (33)”. “Both are busy star-actors. And this film requires a long stretch of uninterrupted dates from the actor. Right now the frontrunner is Ranbir as he shares the same birthdate as Abhinav's. However his dates are committed to another biopic, the Sanjay Dutt one to be directed by Rajkumar Hirani. Both Ranbir and Varun stand an equally good chance of playing Bindra,”the source added.

Apparently both actors have displayed a keen interest in the project. The final choice will depend on the availability of date.Meanwhile, Varun has not done any biopics (but is in talks for playing Dhyan Chand), and so it would be interesting to see if he picks up the Bindra biopic first.

Source: i4.dainikbhaskar.com