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Ronnie Screwvala to co-produce biopic on Dhyan Chand

Last updated : Dec 16, 2020 20:12

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Dec 15, 2020 18:12

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MUMBAI: Serial entrepreneur and film producer Ronnie Screwvala has announced that his RSVP Movies, along with Blue Monkey Films, will bring the story of hockey legend Dhyan Chand to the big screen.

Screwvala is collaborating with Abhishek Chaubey as director and Premnath Rajagopalan as co-producer for the biopic, which goes on the floors in 2021 and is slated to hit theatres in 2022.

Interestingly, the co-writer for the film's screenplay alongside Chaubey is Supratik Sen - co-founder & CEO of U Sports, Screwvala's sports business company that was launched in 2014.

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U Mumba ropes in new sponsors for PKL 7

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Tute wins marcomm mandate for U Sports

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Exclusive: U Sports allocates Rs250m to eSports arm U Cypher

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U Sports targets Rs300m net, I-League entry, in 2019-20

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Season 1 of E-Sports c'ship premieres on MTV

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