‘Dada’ himself confirmed about the news in an interview and added that the director and the actors are not finalized yet . Ganguly himself pitched Ranbir Kapoors name to play his role in the film. According to sources, the film will show the journey of becoming a cricketer to captain and then BCCI President. Nothing can be said about when the film will be released. The shooting will start as soon as the pre production work is over. If sources are to be believed, the script of the film is being written. A production house is constantly in touch with Dada. According to the report, it is a big budget film. The production of the biopic will be done under a big production house. Film makers have fixed a budget of 200 to 250 crores for this.
This big news has left the cricket fans as well as film enthusiasts totally excited.
Biopics on Indian Cricket Stars has always been an easy method for Bollywood to get a good performance in a box office. Before Sourav Ganguly films on Mahindra Singh Dhoni and Mohammad Azharuddin has performed well and managed to do good business.