After gaining acclaim for his portrayal of an inspirational hockey coach in Chak De! India, Shah Rukh Khan has been part of intense speculations surrounding a biopic on hockey legend Dhyan Chand. Turns out that the much-awaited film is ultimately happening and SRK has been approached for the role. <img alt="Shah Rukh Khan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/oct/Shah-Rukh-Khan_2.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 573px; " /> Shah Rukh Khan Ila Bedi Dutta, who wrote Karan Johar&rsquo;s Agneepath, is currently penning the script and plans to complete it before the end of the year. She is also hoping that King Khan gives his nod for the project. &ldquo;I recently met Shah Rukh to discuss the project. To us, he is the perfect choice for Dhyan Chand. Though we haven&rsquo;t heard from him yet, we expect him to sign the dotted line,&rdquo; Ila says. <img alt="Dhyan Chand" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/oct/Dhyan-Chand.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 495px; " /> Dhyan Chand Produced by Pooja Shetty, the film rights on the legendary hockey player have been bought from Ashok Chand (Dhyan Chand&rsquo;s son) after much persuasion from Rohit Vaid. Rohit, who is making his directorial debut with this film, adds, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s quite obvious that we&rsquo;ll approach Shah Rukh because of his inclination towards hockey during his early days and of course, his Chak De persona,&rdquo; says Rohit who went to the same school as SRK.u00a0

The makers of a biopic on hockey legend Dhyan Chand have reportedly approached the actor to play the lead

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