Sourav Ganguly backs Rajkummar Rao as right choice to portray him in upcoming biopic
New Delhi: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has backed Bollywood star Rajkummar Rao as the right choice to portray him in the upcoming biopic, set for a release in theatres in December 2026.
Ganguly, who represented the Indian cricket team from 1992 to 2008, also revealed that the movie will go on floors in January.
“It’s going well. It will be released next December. Shooting starts in January. The pre-production, story writing and scripting takes a lot of time. And shooting doesn’t take that much time. It’s about 3 months, and then the post-production takes time,” Ganguly told PTI
Regarded as one of the finest Indian cricketers and the captain who revolutionised the culture in Indian cricket, Ganguly rubbished the suggestions about headlining the project himself and backed Rajkummar Rao to do justice to the role. Rao has already done a movie based on cricket – Mr. & Mrs. Mahi – opposite Jahnvi Kapoor.
In the 2024 movie, Rajkumar played the character of a failed cricketer, who spots cricketing talent in his wife, a doctor and encourages her to chase the ultimate dream of becoming a cricketer.
Ganguly, who amassed 18,575 international runs including 38 centuries, said that he will help Rajkumar in every possible manner.
“I think the right person is doing it… I’ll help him with everything,” said the former player, who is counted among India’s most successful captains.
The official title and the director of the film are yet to be announced.
Meanwhile, Ganguly also opened up on his biggest regrets during his playing days. The iconic cricketer revealed that he regrets missing many hundreds during his cricketing journey.
Ganguly, during an interaction with PTI, said that he should have scored more centuries.
“I missed a lot of hundreds, I should have scored more. Too many 90s and 80s,” Ganguly told PTI in an interaction.
Ganguly was dismissed in the 80s and 90s exactly 30 times, and if he could convert those innings into three-figure scores, the tally would have easily breached the 50-century mark.