Leander Paes
Ace Tennis player Leander Paes will soon be making an entry into Bollywood.
After keeping India’s flag flying high in the field of Tennis for years, one of the most well-known sports personalities of the country, Leander Paes, will now be making a debut in world of Bollywood.
While disclosing this recently, Bengal Tennis Association secretary Hiranmoy Chatterjee said, "Paes has decided to take up a full-time career in Hindi films after he leaves playing tennis. To start with, he has got an offer to play the lead role in a movie."
If reports are to be believed, Paes is very serious about his Bollywood career and is already making preparations in this regard. To begin with, Paes is said to be taking acting classes in Anupam Kher’s acting institute for the last one and a half years so that when he actually faces the camera, he has some knowledge of what he is doing and hopefully is as good at acting as he is while playing tennis. Moreover, since the tennis star feels that he is not so good at Hindi, he is also taking Hindi classes to improve his command over the language.
Whereas Chatterjee says that the primary formalities of Paes’s launching film are complete and the tennis star is intentionally keeping the name and other details of the film under wrap, Paes’s father has a different story to tell. He says, "Discussions are on a preliminary stage. He will take a final decision only after weighing the pros and cons and seeing the scope."
Ace Tennis player Leander Paes by making an entry into Bollywood, may become the first tennis player to do so, but he is certainly not the first personality from the world of sports in this industry. In the past, many sports personalities including the famous cricketers have taken a plunge into the world of Hindi film industry, but haven’t been very successful. Let us see if Paes has a different story to tell.
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