#NationalSportsDay: From Ajay Devgn to Ranveer Singh, 6 actors who are set to play sportsperson on screen | Bollywood Life

August 29 marks the National Sports Day and needless to say India has produced some great sports personalities and the names like Sachin Tendulkar, PT Usha, Virat Kohli, PV Sindhu are iconic examples of that. In the last decade, we have seen many films on sports personalities like MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, Mary Kom, Sachin: A Billion Dream, Azhar and many more. And if you are a fan of sports and Bollywood, then you will definitely jump with joy as we have a long list of films, which are based on sportspersons and biggies like Ranveer Singh, John Abraham and Ajay Devgn are playing lead roles in these ventures. So here are they…

Ajay Devgan (Maidaan)

Ajay Devgan is not a football player in real life but the actor decided to take up football lessons, even though the film doesn’t require him to actually play the game. Amit Sharma’s film based on Indian football legend Syed Abdul Rahim will see Devgn as a football coach and he wanted to know the universe well enough to carry an entire film on his shoulders.

Ranveer Singh (83)

As Kapil Dev, the Indian skipper who brought home India’s maiden cricket world cup, Ranveer Singh soaked himself in every shade of the legend. Headlining a team of underdogs, taking them to imminent victory , Ranveer has learnt every facet of the game replicating Kapil’s bowling style to his shots by living with him in Delhi and then meeting him again at the bootcamp in Mohali.

John Abraham (The Isle of Man)

John Abraham took his love for bikes to the next level when he announced his next silver screen project with director Rensil D’silva. Being passionate motorbikes, the actor is already practicing the game in Bennetts Trackday Brands Hatch in The Isle of Man, UK.

Parineeti Chopra (Saina)

After Shraddha Kapoor bowed out of the film, Parineeti Chopra took it upon herself to ace the part. After toiling for months, the actress will finally meet Saina herself for a final round of perfecting the moves before the film goes on floors in October. The actress has been working out even while in London to ensure her agility isn’t compromised and she is in top of her game when she starts shoot.

Angad Bedi (The Zoya Factor)

As Robin Rawal, the superstar of the team, Angad Bedi had the cumbersome task ahead of him – to look authentic. Though the son of Bishan Singh Bedi and a cricketer himself in his early life, Angad wanted to not allow any gimmicks to seep into his role. The actor had to go back to the basic to learn new tropes for the film’s cricket sequences as he roped in Ranji trophy coach to help him learn for the part. The actor went through months of rigorous training to ensure that he has perfected his role to the tee.

Richa Chadha (Panga)

Though familiar with the sport, Richa had to revisit it all over again for her part in the Ashwiny Iyer Tiwary directorial. After training in Mumbai with state-level players and coaches, the actress even travelled to towns like Raipur and Ranchi to meet local players. From gaining insight to knowing the sport, she went through an entire gamut including finding women Kabbadi players to spend time with to learn about life whilst living the sport.

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