Taapsee Pannu Confirms Doing Mithali Raj¡¯s Biopic On Her Birthday, Posts A Heartfelt Message
Taapsee Pannu has confirmed that she will be doing the movie. The movie will be based on the inspiring journey of Indian womens cricket team captain Mithali Raj. Taapsee is working on movies like Rashmi Rocket and Thappad.
Biopics have become the new trend in Bollywood, and looks like it won't go away anytime soon. A lot of sports personalities including Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Milkha Singh have had their inspiring stories turned into cinematic adaptation and people fell in love with these movies.
The next one to join the bandwagon of the many sports biopics of Bollywood is a movie based on the inspiring journey of Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj.
For long, it was speculated that Taapsee Pannu will be doing this role, and on the occasion of Mithali Raj's birthday, she has confirmed that she indeed is doing the movie.
Taapsee Pannu took to social media to share some photographs with Raj and also posted a heartfelt message for her.
"Happy Happy Birthday Captain @mithaliraj ! You have made all of us proud in more than many ways and it¡¯s truly an honour to be chosen to showcase your journey on screen. On this Birthday of yours I don¡¯t know what gift I can give you but this promise that I shall give it all I have to make sure you will be proud of what you see of yourself on screen with #ShabaashMithu P.S- I am all prepared to learn THE ¡®cover drive¡¯ ?", she wrote.
Happy Birthday Captain @M_Raj03 On this Birthday, I don¡¯t know what gift I can give you but this promise that I shall give it all I have to make sure you will be proud of what you see of yourself on screen with #ShabaashMithu
¡ª taapsee pannu (@taapsee) December 3, 2019
P.S- I¡¯m all prepared to learn THE ¡®cover drive¡¯ pic.twitter.com/a8Ha6BMoFs
In the photos, Taapsee can be seen cutting a cake with Mithali and gifting her a rose. Meanwhile, Taapsee is working on movies like Rashmi Rocket and Thappad.