Sunday, 24th August 03:00 PM IST






Biopics seem to be the flavor of the season and after Tigmanshu Dhulia told the story of 'Paan Singh Tomar', Soumendra Padhi, an Orissa-based filmmaker, is now set to make a film titled 'Wonder Boy' on another sportsperson. This time, it’s four-year-old Budhia Singh and his coach Biranchi Das, who will be played by Manoj Bajpayee.

Bajpayee says, “When Soumendra narrated the script to me, I was thrilled. It’s a story about a four-year-old who had a God-given running talent and it was his coach Biranchi Das who spotted his talent. His ultimate goal was to train the boy for the Olympics. It’s about how his life changes when his coach is shot dead. But there is another interesting character in the film and that’s Budhia’s mother, who had sold his son for ` 800 to the coach because she was poor and Tillotama Shome will be playing the mother’s character.”