A sceptic can always point out that Bollywood loves to ape the West. After all, the Hindi film industry was quick to follow Hollywood as it witnessed a steady flow of successful biopics in the recent past. As far as this personality-driven genre goes, several Indian films based on sportspersons are in the pipeline. Sushant Singh Rajput is playing MS Dhoni while John Abraham will be essaying the celebrated wrestler Gama Pahalwan — among others. Pouncing on this trend, hitlist drops some more names from the Indian sports arena and the actors who could do a great job portraying them on the big screen...

Rahul Dravid
Actor: Sidharth Malhotra
Lowdown: With his era coinciding with Sachin Tendulkar’s, there was no choice but playing a second fiddle. And how gracefully he did so! For his no-nonsense attitude — like the roles Sid has portrayed so far — on and off the ground, a fitting tribute would be a movie on his scale upwards.