Five biopics that will bring real heroes to life

The success stories of reallife heroes have always attracted avid cinephiles be it sports stars politicians or war heroesWith the Sidharth Malhotra starrer Shershaah based on Kargil war hero Captain Vikram Batra set for release IANS takes a look at some of the muchawaited biographical films that every movielover is looking forward to83A muchawaited biographical sports film directed by Kabir Khan 83 stars Ranveer Singh as Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev The film chronicles the glorious moments of the 1983 cricket World Cup which India had won for the first time under the captaincy of Kapil DevAlso Read Have you watched these recent films based on electrifying personalities yet83 features an ensemble cast that includes talented actors such as Deepika Padukone Tahir Raj Bhasin Jiiva Saqib Saleem Harrdy Sandhu Ammy Virk Pankaj Tripathi Boman Irani Nishant Dahiya Sahil Khattar and Amrita Puri The movie just like Kapil Devs heroics in 1983 is a prized catchGangubai KathiawadiDirected by Sanjay Leela Bhansali Gangubai Kathiawadi narrates the true story of an infamous brothel owner and matriarch in Mumbais Kamathipura played by talented actress Alia BhattThe film is a biographical crime drama based on the book Mafia Queens of Mumbai written by S Hussain Zaidi We just cant get over Alias look from the teaser and are waiting for the release date so that we can book our tickets at the earliestAlso Read Shakuntala Devi Heres why Vidya Balan is called the queen of biopicsThalaiviThalaivi is an upcoming biopic on the life of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and late actress J JayalalithaaTalented actress Kangana Ranaut who plays the lead role has impressed everyone with her convincing look as Thalaivi Itll be interesting to see how the actress a firebrand in her own right essays the role of one of Indias most powerful women politicians who was a lioness in her primeMaidaanAjay Devgn is all set to bring back the golden era of Indian football 19521962 with the upcoming biopic Maidaan The film is based on legendary football coach Syed Abdul Rahim played by Ajay Devgn who coached the Indian football team from 1950 to 1963 Directed by Vishnu Varshan Shershaah is releasing on August 12 on Amazon Prime VideoAlso Read Vidya Aamir Hrithik Actors who graced the biopicsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever