In recent times we have seen two movies releasing on cricketers life. The first one to release was “Azhar” based on former India Cricket Team Captain Mohammad Azharuddin and the next was Sushant Singh Rajput starrer “M.S. Dhoni : The Untold Story” based on life of M.S. Dhoni. The third one to come in the series is mother of all sports biopics which is based on life of Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, which titles “Sachin : A Billion Dreams”.

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Trying to get into cricket as a pace bowler and becoming a masterclass batsman. Reprise the fond memories of the greatest batsman of all time in his biographical film, Sachin: A Billion Dreams.

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Sachin: A Billion Dreams, will soon hit the theaters. Here are few things about Sachin biopic which makes it even more special and a treat for every cricket fan:

1. The work on “Sachin: A Billion Dreams” started back in 2012.

Ravi Bhagchandka started to working on the biopic in 2012, even before Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Mary Kom.

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2. The movie is directed by London based Emmy-nominated director, James Erskin.

James has directed number of sports biopics.

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3. The music for the upcoming biopic is being composed by Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman.

Rahman himself feels the film will be one of the biggest movie-going events of the year.

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3. The god of the game himself is in the film, “Sachin: A Billion Dreams“.

In an interview Sachin said:

“Acting is not something that I dreamt of. Without any doubt, acting was more challenging than playing cricket. I enjoyed playing more”

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4. When it was time to choose an actor who can play the role of young Tendulkar.

As the makers were looking for someone who would have similar body language and mannerism like Sachin himself. So finally it was decided to cast Sachin’s son Arjun Tendulkar for the role.

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5. The role of Nitin Tendulkar, eldest brother of Sachin is played by popular name of Marathi stage actor Mayuresh Pem.

Mayuresh has given wonderful performance in super-hit Marathi play All The Best-2 for which he received 5 nominations at Sanskruti Kala Darpan awards.

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6. Sachin Tendulkar coach Ramakant Achrekar is also likely to feature in the upcoming biopic.

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7. Many members of cricket fraternity are getting featured in “Sachin: A Billion Dreams” and many scenes are being shot in real time.

We can’t wait to find out who all are there in the upcoming biopic.

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8. Some portions of the biopic are being shot at Sachin’s Bandra residence.

So fans will get the glimpse of Sachin’s house too.

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9. The movie makers are in contact with cricket boards over the world to get the video footage from the past.

Get reminisced over the best moments of cricket.

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10. “Sachin: A Billion Dreams” will showcase Sachin’s personal and professional life in detail.

So you will get to know many things about the Master Blaster.

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11. It is said that the movie will reveal few aspects of Sachin’s life which have never been heard of or seen before.

Get ready for the excitement.

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12. The makers of the movie has done a hard work and interviewed everyone who is closely related to Sachin including top cricketers around the world.

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13. Sachin Tendulkar did not charged a single penny for the film based on his life, ‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams’.

The film is being produced by Sachin’s friend Ravi Bhagchandka and the Master Blaster was happy to give details of his glorious Journey without charging any fees.

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Can’t wait for ‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams’ to release in theaters now.

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