Pramodini Sidhaye wife of India's only deaf and dumb cricketer, Baba Sidhaye is set to file an FIR against the makers of Iqbal for an alleged violation of copyright

On the gloomy pitch of Indian cricket, bounce stories that spin hearts more than the googlies by the world's best bowlers. From the vast collection of heard and unheard stories, one that was captured on the big screen was that of a deaf and dumb cricketer late Yashwant Prabhakar Sidhaye alias Baba Sidhaye in Nagesh Kukunoor's 2005 written-directed film Iqbal.

Unsung hero: Baba Sidhaye in an undated photo.

However, the disclaimers run with the film claimed that the plot was fictional. But the Pune-based family of the man with the magical bat isn't ready to accept the disclaimer and overlook the negligence that Mukta Arts exhibited while making the film.

After several enquires and complaints remained unanswered from Mukta Arts, the widow of the cricketer is preparing to file criminal charges against Mukta Arts, Subhash Ghai and Nagesh Kukunoor at the Cantonment Police Station, Pune.

"When the film was released I was stunned to see its resemblance to the life of my late husband. How can they run a disclaimer on the contrary? The script was surely written on the basis of several news articles that kept appearing in the newspapers. And had they been innocent, they would have at least cared to respond to our notices that we sent to them in the last four years," said Pramodini Sidhaye, the 74-year-old widow of the cricketer who represented Maharashtra at Ranji Trophy, played for Mumbai and Indian Railways. He was also a part of West Zone and North Zone teams and played five international matches against West Indies, Australia, England, Ceylon and New Zealand.

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