Karan Johar to produce a film on legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand

Karan JoharKaran Johar will be co-producing a film on legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand, widely regarded as the best hockey player of all time, to the silver screen.

Chand, popularly known as ‘The Wizard’, won three Olympic Gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936. He passed away in December 1979.

“My friends Pooja…Aarti Shetty and I are honoured and proud to have the rights to tell the story of the legendary sportsman #DHYANCHAND,” Karan tweeted Tuesday.

The news was also shared on the official page of Dharma Productions.

“Karan Johar, Pooja & Aarti Shetty to produce the official biopic on the life of the legendary sportsman #DHYANCHAND.”

 

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29 Comments

  • gr8 news..sounds good..and i hope KARAN will approach SRK for the role of Dhayanchand…if SRK do this it will be one of the greatest movie ever….:-)

  • I don’t think any of the arjun kapoor,sid malhotra or any other young actors can give justice to the role. .farhan,hrithik etc would be good choice. .

  • I think legend aamir will suut the role best.his personality and physique is similar to legend dhyanchand

  • @rohan Srk will be a bad choice for this role bcoz Dhyan chand use to hit goals in opposition’s net.lol

  • aamir khan or akshay kumar will be the good choice for this biopic..it is not suited on young actors…oldies will play better for this role…

  • Dhyan chand character requires any middle age actor whom the director can show in small age and old age. So recent debutants and Khans dont fit in. It leaves with the middle age actors like: HR, Farhan, Akshay and Ranbir to do the honors. They will fit the bill easily…

    However, it is a good concept..way to go…

  • @ sachin 11.. so u think dat srk isnt good for this role??? but your sallu cant even think about this role.

  • @nipun:Only problem i find with Hrithik is that sometimes he is too handsome for some common man type of roles…

  • After watching cdi, i cant imagine someone else but srk, though the role is different.. and there are alot of rumours that srk is the choice for this project and even srk said some days ago that without fan, raees and rohit’s next, which he has not signed but is intrested.. though i think it will be alvin kalicharan(anurag kashyap as a director).

  • @Chulli Salman khan should not do Dhyanchand bcoz then people will go in theatres to watch Salman khan not Dhyanchand

  • emraan hashmi will be perfect for the role. he can play frustation, fear , suspense thrilling , emotion , anger quite well. he will look pwrfect in the role.

  • It is a great honour that such a legend has been born in India . I will not guess who should play Dhyan Chand but i am really happy for the
    Fact that a Movie will be made on the life of Sir Dhyan Chand . Guys i request all of you to go to Wikipedia and read about this Legend . His achievements make him immortal . Because of him Hockey became our National Game . There you will also find some interesting facts about DC . Even Milkha Singh said that Dhyan Chand deserves Bharat Ratna . He used to destroy his opponents . Even the German Dictator was a huge fan of Dhyan Chand and also offered the Citizenship of Germany to him but he politely refused . # Dhyan Chand – The Indian Wizard and Legend . # Respect .

  • @sachin11…so what do you think who will be perfect for the role…Even the son of Legendry Dhayanchand mr. Ashok think SRK is the best choice and he will be happy to see him in the role of his father…what abt SALLU LALLU…he will be perfect for the role of opposition goalkeeper…where SRK will hit 10000s of goal…Even AAMIR khan may be fit for opposition’s goal keeper..lets see who will grab the opportunity

  • @babaji: yeah! HR is too handsome. So he mayn’t look ordinary. . As for Ranbir, he hasn’t done any physically challanging role. But it would be good to see him experimenting!

  • finally
    someone is there
    i waited for so long
    hope they start working on it soon
    best actor who resembles dhyanchand is shahrukh khan but i think they might rope in some young actor.
    still if srk would act in the movie then it would get a wider reach and defenitely will b a fitting tribute to the geatest sportsperson ever seen by the world…!!!

  • srk is too busy with movies right now
    he has fan,raees,rohit shetty’s next
    i think instead of going with rohit shetty’s next, he should go for dhyanchand if he is offerd this movie (srk should be approached as he is a natural choice for playing dhyanchand due to his resemblence to the man but age could be the only negative factor here).
    he can work on rohit shetty’s next after completing this.
    hail the great wizard of hockey. #respect

  • there is a dialogue in CDI. “jisne national game ka sirr uncha kardiya usse unch kaun ho sakta hai. these aamir hr RK doesn’t have intensity in eyes to play such role only shaharuk or Irfankhan can play such intense roles. and its about hockey then it is definally can play shaharukh the character he played as a kabir khan is no match till now in Bollywood. and he is perfect and best choice for the such characters if other actors did this role then it can become john abharams dhan dhana goal.

  • @chulli : Salman doesnt need to play any historical person he himself will be remembered as historical after few years as Biggest Megastar of Bollywood !!!!!!!!

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