Varun Dhawan plays Hockey Legend Dhyan Chand in his next?

Son of hockey legend Dhyan Chand, Ashok Dhyan Chand sold the movie rights of his father’s life to producers Pooja Shetty and Aarti Shetty four years ago. But nothing had been confirmed about the movie yet.

And now according to a leading daily, the Shetty’s have taken the project to Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, who are all set to go ahead with it. A source from Dharma revealed, “Pooja and Aarti sounded Karan out about the Dhyan Chand project. He loved the idea and agreed to co-produce the film. Karan approached Ranbir Kapoor to play Dhyan Chand. Ranbir, for reasons best known to him, declined the offer. KJo then took the project to his other favourite Varun Dhawan, who is quite keen on playing the hockey legend. He even made his father David Dhawan hear the story. Karan Johar then approached Fox Star Studios, who are keen to get on board.”

However apparently, Karan, Varun and Fox Star do not want the film to be directed by debutant director Rohit Jaisingh Vaid.

A source adds, “It was Rohit, who bought the rights for the biopic on behalf of the Shetty sisters. The right to direct the film cannot be taken away from him unless Rohit voluntarily forfeits it. This, he is in no mood to do.”

We will keep you updated in the next development on the project.

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