Sushant Singh Rajput seems to be the man for the biopics. After giving out an extraordinary performance in ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’, he has reportedly bagged another sports biopic. As per a leading daily, SSR will be essaying the role of the iconic Indian wrestler The Great Khali, reports Bombay Times.
Talking about it, a source stated to the daily, ‘The biopic is on the life of wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, better known as Khali or The Great Khali in WWE circle. The studio has spoken to the Punjabi wrestler and he has given them the rights to make a film on his life. Sushant has been approached to play the titular role and he has in principle agreed to do the film.’
The source further said, ‘People only know about the sporty side of this Indian-born American semi-retired professional wrestler, promoter and actor. But there’s an untold story behind his super success. He was an officer for the Punjab state police and struggled for years before making it big in wrestling. The story will be about his journey.’
Even though actors have been transformed to look a certain way through prosthetics, there are some things that even make up can’t do. Sushant has a great body and there are no doubts about it, however, to look like The Great Khali, he would have to put an immense amount of efforts. It will be quite a challenge for Sushant to transform himself to look like the wrestler, in the same way as he did for the Dhoni biopic.
When a trade analyst was asked about the same, he said, ‘What worked in Sushant’s favour during Dhoni was that he looked, walked and talked like MSD. Here, Sushant has no similarities with Khali when it comes to his body prototype and his height. Unless there’s a lot of VFX involved, it’s difficult to pull off a film on Khali. No hero in Bollywood will look convincing as The Great.

Sushant is currently busy shooting for Abhishek Kapoor’s ‘Kedarnath’ opposite Sara Ali Khan. After wrapping up the shoot of ‘Kedarnath’, he will resume the prep and shoot for ‘Chanda Mama Door Ke’, where he will be seen playing the role of an astronaut.