Bollywood is riding high on biopics in 2015

Getting up close and personal with personalities one had only read or heard about was never this easy Bollywood has woken up to the idea of translating gritty as well as controversial life stories on the 70mm screen And whatrsquos more the attempts are largely proving successful mdash even though the makers run the risk of courting trouble for mixing fiction with factsSuch considerations notwithstanding biopics are here to rule the industry as well as the audiencersquos hearts for a long time to come hitlist gives you a lowdown on some truelife stories that are coming soon to a theatre near youNyoddaLowdown A fictional account of true life events revolving around the much talked about Aarushi Talwar murder case Written by Vishal Bhardwaj and helmed by Meghna Gulzar the film stars Irrfan Konkana Sen Sharma Neeraj Kabi Soham Shah as well as Tabu in a special appearanceReleases AugustSeptemberTigersLowdown Based on a pharma sales representative in Pakistan who turns whistleblower after discovering that the infant formula sold by his multinational firm is responsible for the death of several babiesEmraan Hashmi in a still from his debut international project Tigers directed by the Oscar winning filmmaker Danis TanovicThe Indianinternational film is being directed by Danis Tanovic and has Emraan Hashmi as the protagonist and Geetanjali Thapa as his ladyloveReleases March 6HawaizaadaLowdown Scientist Shivkar Bapuji Talpade who is credited for putting together the countryrsquos first unmanned flying machine during the end of 19th century inspired this film The Vibhu Puridirected film will have Ayushmann Khurrana play the unsung hero He romances AustralianIndian actress Pallavi ShardaReleases January 30Prithipal SinghLowdown The film directed by Babita Puri traces the life of one of the greatest Indian hockey players Prithipal a survivor of partition goes on to become the best penalty corner converter It will feature Vikas Kumar of CID fame in the leadReleases February 20ABCD 2Lowdown This one will explore the real life struggle of a dance group from the Mumbai suburb of Nalasopara which made it to the World Hip Hop Dance Championship in Las Vegas in 2012 Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor are the lead pair of the Remo DrsquoSouza filmReleases June 26Main aur CharlesLowdown The film revolves around the exploits of serial killer Charles Sobhraj which includes the infamous Tihar jail break Randeep Hooda will be seen as the bikini killer in the film helmed by Prawaal RamanReleases March 13In the pipelineAmrita PritamChronicling the life of the Indian writerpoetess the film will explore her relationship with Imroze her partner and friend in the last four decades of her life and lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi the man she reportedly nursed an unrequited love for Sonakshi Sinha and Fawad Khan have teamed up for the roles of Pritam and Imroze in the Ash Dua projectSardara SinghActress Chitrangada Singh has bought the rights for making a film on the hockey star who has expressed his wish to see Ranbir Kapoor portraying him on the big screenNeerja BhanotSonam Kapoor is said to have been chosen to essay the role of the senior flight purser who saved several lives aboard an illfated American airlines in 1986 The film will be directed by Ram MadhwaniKishore KumarAnurag Basu is working on bringing the legendary singeractorrsquos eventful life alive on celluloid Ranbir Kapoor will slip into Kishore Kumarrsquos shoes1983 World CupDirected by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan the project will reignite the magic of Indian cricketrsquos maiden World Cup triumphDhyan ChandKaran Johar is planning a biopic on the hockey legend It was rumoured that superstar Shah Rukh Khan will play the lead roleSanjay DuttThis film will highlight the ups and downs of the actorrsquos life and directing the project will be none other than Rajkumar Hirani Ranbir Kapoor is being considered for the roleMS Dhoni The Untold StoryIt will cover the rise of the World Cupwinning captain and reveal the exciting facts of his personal life and journey before he became a global sporting icon The film is being directed by Neeraj Pandey with Sushant Singh Rajput padding up to play MahiMohammed AzharuddinThe film will highlight the life story of one of the highly successful Indian cricket captains who fell from grace after being named in the match fixing scandal in 2000 Emraan Hashmi will play the lead role in the film to be directed by Anthony DrsquoSouzaGama PehlwanA biopic on the wrestlerrsquos life will apparently have Sohail Khan in the lead and will be directed by Puneet Issar The film is said to have created an alleged cold war between Salman Khan and John Abraham as the latter is also keen on making a film on the same icon