Former Sri Lankan cricketer
Muttiah Muralitharan's life is all set to be made into a biopic in Tamil with actor
Vijay Sethupathi playing him in the film titled '
800
'. The title signifies the world record number of Test wickets the ace spinner has taken in his cricket career as an off spinner. Meanwhile, the star cricketer has revealed his favorite Tamil actor and the Tamil films he liked the most.
While there had been reports that the biopic has been dropped, actor Vijay Sethupathi recently once again confirmed he is part of the project and is keen to physically get ready for the film. In a recent interaction with Indian cricketer Ashwin, Muttiah Muralitharan revealed that superstar
Rajinikanth is his favorite actor in the Tamil film industry and one of his favorite film is '
Sivaji' starring Rajinikanth, which was directed by Shankar.
When Ashwin asked for another favorite film of his and even tried to make him choose a Kamal Haasan film to make it even, the ace spinner took his time to think and finally revealed that he loved Vijay Sethupathi's 'Vikram Vedha' directed by Pushkar and Gayathri, which also had Madhavan in the lead role.
Meanwhile, the his biopic to be produced under Rana's banner Suresh Productions, features Vijay Sethupathi as the Sri Lankan spin legend. The film will be directed by MS Sripathi, who had previously directed a film titled Kanimozhi.
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