After Shah Rukh Khan as hockey coach in ‘Chak De! India’ and John Abraham as a football pro in the soon-to-be-released ‘Goal’, it’s Siddharth turn of ‘Rang de Basanti’s’ fame to endorse a sport in a film.
He is set to be a carrom player in Chandan Arora’s third feature film. Entitled ‘Striker’, the film’s main protagonist Siddharth’s character will be based on the life and times of a real-life carrom whiz from the slums of Malavni named Suryakant.
Siddharth, who has said a firm no to several good offers from Mumbai including Rakeysh Mehra’s ‘Delhi 6′ and David Dhawan’s film for UTV, has quietly been preparing for the new challenge.
A carrom player from the outset, Siddharth has been polishing up his skills.
“Siddharth has become an expert at carom. By the time we hit the floors in December Siddharth will be able to beat anyone at the game. He has met the real-life Suryakant several times. He has also spent sizeable time in Malavni getting the feel of the place. Though he functions from the south he has spent a large part of his life in Delhi and Mumbai. So he speaks very fluent Hindi,” Arora said.
The director had earlier made two extremely interesting films ‘Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon’ and ‘Main Meri Patni Aur Who’.
Set in the 1980s, the film will move through a labyrinth of socio-cultural political issues as seen through the eyes.
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