'Shor in the City' takes inspiration from cricket
- IndiaGlitz, [Wednesday,April 06 2011]
Cricket and Bollywood are almost inseparable. Ekta Kapoor's next film, ÂShor In The City highlights one of Indian cricket's darkest chapters - bribery charges.
According to our sources, a sub-story has been inspired by a 2003 incident that grabbed headlines when cricketer Abhijit Kale was accused of offering bribes to national selectors Kiran More and Pranab Roy.
South actor Sundeep Kishan who plays a cricketer confirmed the news stating, Yes, that's why I've been informed but I didn't let it influence me much though I did research Mr Kale's story.
Raj Nidimoru, co-director of the film, says, We have been inspired by incidents that we came across in the newspapers and that include all the major cricket controversies since 1999 - match-fixing, betting and bribery. But everything has been fictionalised.
Sundeep plays an aspiring cricketer struggling to make it to the junior cricket team. He finally realises the only way in is to bribe the selectors.
He informs, Saawan's story is that of a talented and budding cricketer who attempts to bend the rules to get his way.
For the records, in 2003, Prof. Ratnakar Shetty, BCCI's joint secretary at the time, accused Kale of attempting to bribe the national selectors. Although Kale vehemently denied the charges, he was later suspended from playing international and domestic cricket.
Releasing on 28th April, ÂShor In The City stars Tusshar Kapoor, Nikhil Dwivedi, Alok Chaturvedi, Sudhir Chowdhary, Preeti Desai, Sendhil Ramamurthy among others.