Jav we met

I Met Neeraj Chopra when he returned to India with his gold medallionldquoOfficer Chopra Irsquom asking you the question that all of India is askingrdquoldquoHow do I feel having won an Olympic gold medal in track and fieldrdquo he askedldquoNordquo I saidldquoOkay What are my next gold medal aspirationsrdquo he askedldquoNope The nation wants to know which actor do you want to play you in the biopicrdquoldquoI donrsquot want a biopic on me made yet I have many more golds and tournaments to winrdquo he saidldquoThatrsquos not your call sir Bollywood wants to cash in on your success and hopefully make you some cash in the process Sir yoursquore hot property mutiplexes are just opening up OTT numbers are buzzing sports dramas are the flavour of the season You just choose who plays your role and who yoursquod like this project to be helmed by and Irsquoll handle the rest So who do you think most resembles Neeraj Choprardquo I askedldquoTom Cruiserdquo he saidldquoNeeraj please set your sights here not thererdquoldquoOkay what are my optionsrdquo the army officercumathlete asked meldquoSo Chopra saab all the Chopras in Bollywood want to come together to make a film on you since they feel lsquoChoprasrsquo have the first right of refusal they feel entitled so to speakmdashso the script has yet to be written but YRF thatrsquos Yash Choprarsquos company will produce Pareenti Chopra and Priyanka Chopra Jonas will act Adi Chopra or Vidhu Vinod Chopra will direct Sherlyn Chopra will do an item number and Prem Chopra is the villainrdquoldquoWho plays me Not Uday Chopra rightrdquo he asked panickingldquoNo Secondly therersquos Rakyesh Om Prakash Mehramdash hersquos got an biopic planned with Farhan Akhtar in the lead The film is to be titled Phek Neeraj PhekrdquoldquoThen Shah Rukhrsquos Red Chillies Entertainement would like to add to the franchise of Chak De SRK wishes play a coach who takes it upon himself to train a javelin throwermdashthe movie is tentatively titled Chuck DeThen therersquos Zoya Akharrsquos next Shayad Medal Na Milega Dobara where three old friends go to Japan searching for an old samurai spearrdquoI pausedldquoYou seem perturbed Are yourdquo the soldiersportsman asked meldquoI am You see the day you won in Tokyo Sanjay Leela Bhansali declared ldquolsquoNobody will touch my story on Neeraj Chopra In fact I wish to make a fictional historical period drama called Panipat Ka Putra Mahrana Ki Maharani which is a remake of Romeo and Juliet starring Ranveer and DeepikarsquordquoldquoBut whatrsquos that got to do with merdquo he askedldquoSet in the early 1800s Panipat and Mahrana cites in Haryana are ruled by two warring familiesmdashbut the Prince of Panipat Neerajchandra falls in love with the Princess of Mahrana Neelam How can their love survive The prince attaches his love notesmessages on his feathered spear which he throws over 100 miles into the princessrsquos garden she replies and flings the spear back 100 miles Thatrsquos the story in a nutshellrdquoldquoI like the idea of Ranveer playing me but not Manish Malhotra designing my costumesrdquo he objected ldquoWell Salman Bhai was approached by Prabhudeva but he wants to play the part bare bodied which is also unacceptable rightrdquoldquoAnyone elserdquo Neeraj askedldquoYes Imtiaz Ali has an idea where a male javelin thrower and a female weightlifter meet in a train fall in love and eloperdquoldquoSounds interesting whatrsquos the movie calledrdquo Neeraj enquiredldquoChanu Aur Chopra Hai Sweety Aur TweetyrdquoRahul daCunha is an adman theatre directorplaywright photographer and traveller Reach him at rahuldacunhamiddaycom