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Deepika Padukone, who was recently seen in the film Gehraiyaan has now come out with more exciting news.
Now, Deepika has confirmed that she will be making yet another sports film after 83′ and this time, it will be her father, ace badminton player Prakash Padukone’s biopic.
In a recent interview with Cyrus Broacha on his Youtube show, Cyrus Says, Deepika spoke about bringing her father, Prakash Padukone’s, story on the big screen. She said, “Actually, even before 83 happened, he was one of the first Indian athletes to put India on the global map as far as Indian sport is concerned. He won the World Championship in 1981, which was obviously before 1983.”
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“He trained in a marriage hall, that was his badminton court. He used things like the beams that go across to make his shot more precise. He actually used his disadvantages to his advantage. If he had the facilities that athletes in India have today, then he’d be far more superior,” Deepika continues.
Prakash Padukone was the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships. He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1972 and the Padma Shri in 1982 by the Government of India. He is one of the co-founders of Olympic Gold Quest, a foundation dedicated to the promotion of Olympic sports in India.
As for her other work, Deepika will be starring alongside Prabhas in a science fiction tentatively titled Project K by filmmaker Nag Ashwin. She will also be starring alongside Amitabh Bachchan in the Hindi remake of ‘The Intern’ and in Siddharth Anand’s directorial Fighter beside Hrithik Roshan.
