Varun Dhawan as Dhyan Chand?

There has been much talk about the biopic of legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand. It was initially being said that Shah Rukh Khan would be stepping into the role. However, it seems that it’s actually Varun Dhawan that the makers want on board.

Director Rohit Vaid has expressed that, despite Dhawan having apparently backed out of the film, he is still keen on have him in the role. Deccan Chronicle reports Vaid saying, “The people involved knew that I’d bought the rights of Dhyan Chand and had offered it to them on the condition that I would direct. There was no issue! They only wanted some changes incorporated. I’ve reworked the script along with ‘Agneepath’ writer Ila Bedi”.

Dhawan is thought to have been Vaid’s first choice all along. He added, “…will approach Varun again with the new script… Shah Rukh Khan showed great interest, but he won’t fit the age group. Ranbir Kapoor is a friend and was also given a narration. He loved the story, but he was already doing another biopic (Sanjay Dutt), so he couldn’t do it”.

Vaid is very excited about the project’s fruition, “It took me five years to do research on him as nobody had a clue about him anymore and there’s hardly anything in his autobiography. We spoke to his son Ashok Dhyanchand and to many people in India and Pakistan. What we have now is very exciting”.

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