After a hard-hitting movie on the Kuwait evacuation, filmmaker Raja Krishna Menon brings yet another movie, this time inspired by the life of real life boxer Ngangomg Dingko Singh, aka Dingko Singh. He has reportedly also cast Shahid Kapoor as lead.
A former Indian Navy officer, Dingko Singh is the first and only Asian gold medal winner boxer from India in the Bantamweight category. He was awarded with the highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri in the year 2013. Recently, Kapoor spoke about how he was impressed with the story of Dingko Singh, whom he considers as one of the forgotten heroes of the country. He said Singh is one of the superstars that the world isn't much aware of. Kapoor elaborated Dingko's story, and revealed that the boxer had undergone 13 rounds of chemotherapy when he was suffering from cancer. He also reminisced about how Singh believes that his biggest win was fighting cancer and not winning a gold medal at the young age of 19.
Kapoor has reportedly already begun prep for the film, and will be juggling between promotions of 'Batti Gul Meter Chalu', shoot of 'Arjun Reddy', and the Singh biopic.
