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Lalit Modi Biopic Advances With Sajid Nadiadwala Backing
A movie about Lalit Modi’s life is being planned.
Modi helped launch the IPL and was its first chairman and commissioner.
His career also involved controversies connected to the IPL and the BCCI.
Sajid Nadiadwala is reportedly supporting the movie.
Sneha Rajani is part of the writing and development team.
Ranveer Singh once told Modi that he wanted to play him.
It is not known whether Singh still wants the role.
Modi also said a separate television series about his family is being created.
A big-budget Bollywood biopic about former IPL chairman Lalit Modi is reportedly in development.
Producer Sajid Nadiadwala is reportedly backing the film, with writer-producer Sneha Rajani involved in writing and development.
Modi said Ranveer Singh previously expressed interest in portraying him, though his current involvement is unclear.
The project aims to explore multiple chapters of Modi’s life beyond controversies surrounding the IPL and BCCI.
Modi also said a television series about the Modi family is being developed.
- Who
- Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi, producer Sajid Nadiadwala, writer-producer Sneha Rajani, and potentially actor Ranveer Singh.
- What
- A big-budget Bollywood biopic about Lalit Modi is in development, along with a possible television series about the Modi family.
- Where
- The project is being developed for Bollywood, while Modi has been based in London since leaving India in 2010.
- When
- The timing is not specified; Modi said the film is currently in the scripting stage.
- Why
- The filmmakers reportedly want to explore different chapters of Modi’s life, including but not limited to the controversies surrounding his public career.
Key facts
- Subject
- Lalit Modi’s life
- Film status
- In scripting and development
- Reported backer
- Sajid Nadiadwala
- Writing team
- Writer-producer Sneha Rajani is involved
- Potential lead actor
- Ranveer Singh previously expressed interest
- IPL role
- Modi was the league’s first chairman and commissioner
- Additional project
- A television series about the Modi family is reportedly in development
Quotes
Lalit Modi
Former IPL chairman discussing Ranveer Singh’s reported interest in portraying him.
“Ours is worse than Dynasty and Dallas put together. And that TV series is coming out. I am in the works of making it the Modi family TV series”
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“Two years ago, we sat here, right in this house, and we talked about him playing me. But we are now scripting it. It’s a lot of work.”
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