Biopic on PV Sindhu's coach Gopichand in the offing?
August 20, 2016  11:16
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Along with PV Sindhu, another person whose stature has phenomenally grown in course of the Rio Olympics is her coach, Pullela Gopichand.

The persona of Gopi -- as he is better known within the badminton circuit -- is set to get bigger with a Hindi-Telugu biopic being planned on the 2001-All England Badminton champion.

Abhisek Nama, the biopic producer, believes Gopi's exploits will be as much a hit on celluloid as he had been on the court.

"Gopichand's life is very filmy, the early struggle, his love story, his mother's emotion, his injury that almost finished his career and then his win that changed the face of Indian badminton. It is a story waiting to be told,'' says Nama.

To be directed by national award-winning director Praveen Sattaru, the film `Pullela Gopichand' will be the first on an Indian badminton player, though Amole Gupte of 'Stanley ka Dubba' fame is also reportedly planning a film on Saina Nehwal.

The film is scheduled to go on the floor this November and will be shot across Hyderabad, Lucknow, Bengaluru and Birmingham.
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