Now that his long-complete film, Time to Dance, is releasing, Sooraj Pancholi has moved on to his next. He has begun work on Hawa Singh, a biopic on the legendary Indian boxer. The film was announced by mentor Salman Khan in February 2020. Pancholi is growing a moustache and hitting the gym as prep.

Sooraj is all beefed up to look at his character and the actor is excited to start shooting for the film. "The manner in which a young boy from a small village Umarvas transformed himself into a champion boxer is inspirational. Sooraj is young and fits like a glove into the character. His efforts, approach and honesty towards the role and this motivating story surprised me and made my belief in him stronger," said director Nambiar.

Hawa Singh is a recipient of the Arjuna Award and the Dronacharya Award. He dominated the Indian and Asian amateur boxing scene in his weight class for a decade. Singh won the Asian Games gold medal in the heavyweight category in consecutive editions at the Games in 1966 and 1970, a feat unmatched by any Indian boxer to date.

The champion boxer also created a record of being the Indian heavyweight boxing champion for 11 consecutive years from 1961 to 1972. He is the only boxer, possibly in the World, whose three generations have excelled in Boxing.