We didn't want a Muralitharan look-alike'
Deccan ChronicleIn 2020, a biopic on legendary Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was announced. While putting in the caveat that in biopics, without appropriate make-up, the character doesn’t look convincing, Sripathy said, “Madhur has done a fantastic job. While research on Murali’s life itself took six months, Sripathy, along with another writer Shehan Karunatilaka, worked for another one year on the script. When we asked the director to name some highlights of the biopic, he said there were several identity crises in Murali’s personal and professional life and the film focuses on how he fought them successfully. “The film is more than about cricket; it’s about Murali’s journey and his struggle for identity in both personal and professional life,” he emphasised.
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