The famous tennis star Sania Mirza last week announced that a biopic on her will be made by Bollywood film-maker Ronnie Screwvala. Sania shared that she has signed a contract for the biopic and the initial work has already begun.
“It’s great. The talks have been going on for a while. The contract was signed. We are just looking forward to it,” Sania said during a recent public event. “It is excitement combined with nervousness – a ‘butterfly in your stomach’ feeling – when you are about to let your life story out to the world.” She added.
Mirza, the only Indian woman tennis player to win a Grand Slam title (in doubles), said the making of the biopic was in the initial stages. “It’s all going to be mutual understanding. I think that obviously, my input is important because it’s my story. So, I will have to help out,” she stated.
“We are literally in the very initial stages. So, we just announced it today. It will slowly get into the director, the writing and after that, the casting. It’s still a bit long way to go,” she said when asked how she wished the film to come out and her inputs for the film.
“It’s all going to be mutual understanding. I think that obviously, my input is important. Because it’s my story. So, I will have to. We are literally in the very initial stages. So, we just announced it today. It will slowly get into the director, the writing, after that the casting. It’s still a bit long way to go,” she said when asked how she wished the film to come out and her inputs for the film.
Mirza’s biopic will be the latest in a long list of biographical films on sports personalities coming out of Bollywood, much like Mary Kom, Dangal, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, and MS Dhoni.
