5 sports biopics that India can expect in 2017/18

#4 Untitled Biopic on Pullela Gopichand

Pullela Gopichand being felicitated at the Olympics Winners’ Felicitation Ceremony

Indian-American filmmaker Praveen Sattaru is set to direct chief badminton coach Pullela Gopichand's biopic, which will hit theatres this year. The role of Gopichand, who guided Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu to Olympic medals, will be played by Telugu actor Sudheer Babu in the film.

Incidentally, Babu, who is also a badminton player, had, for a brief time, trained under Gopichand.

A source in the film unit said, “Since Gopichand is widely popular, the makers have decided to make the film in Telugu, Hindi and English.”