Bollywood
Rajkumar Hirani To Direct Cricketer Lala Amarnath's Biopic After Shah Rukh Khan's 'Dunki'
Mumbai, February 9 - Blockbuster Bollywood director Rajkumar Hirani is currently working on the comedy-drama "Dunki", starring Shah Rukh Khan in the lead. The upcoming movie is the first time collaboration between two stalwarts of Indian cinema. ## More than half shoot of "Dunki" has already been completed and it will soon resume in Punjab. While "Dunki" is progressing well, the maverick filmmaker has reportedly started preparation for his next directorial venture which is said to be a biopic. ## According to Peepingmoon.com, the "PK" director will next make a film on the life of Independent India's first cricket captain, Lala Amarnath. It is said that Hirani has been planning a biopic on Lala Amarnath since 2019, in fact, he also offered it to SRK along with "Dunki". ## The yet-untitled biopic will be produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's Excel Entertainment with Dangal and Chhichhore writer Piyush Gupta and Nil Battey Sannata writer Neeraj Singh penning the script.## Stay tuned...