Sushant Singh Rajput Says That, “I Don’t Know About Sakshi But MS Dhoni Was Moved By The Film.”

Dhoni.

Our captain cool is now also the subject of a movie which is based on his life starring Sushant Singh Rajput. The attempt to bring the life of one of the greatest captains we’ve ever had, has received a lot of love from the public but what about the man himself?

Sushant Singh Rajput, who’ll be playing Mahi in the film told in an interview about how the living legend himself felt about the movie. Dhoni is absolutely loving it!

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“I don’t know about Sakshi, and if she has, I was not there. But yes, Dhoni has watched it. He was very moved by it and he didn’t anything for about good 20 minutes and smiled all through.”

 

When Sushant met him in Ranchi, preparing for the role, Dhoni seemed impressed by the training methods.

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“And also I remember, four or five months into the preparation, when I met him in Ranchi, I showed him my training video, he was looking at it with a smile and it felt like magic.”

 

Talking about his rigorous training period, Sushant revealed how difficult it was for him to imitate Dhoni.

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“I was training for this film for good 12 to 14 months. During that period, I’ve met him thrice. It was in three phases actually. Whenever I was free in between those days and I structured the preparation in that way, that I was not wasting his and my time.”

 

He met Dhoni only thrice while making this movie. Incredible!

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“The first time I just asked him to tell me his story, he was talking and I was just listening and recording things. I was asking him questions and he was answering.”

 

Sushant put him under meticulous questioning sessions and captain cool kept his cool throughout. 😛

“I came up with some 250 hypothetical and multiple-choice questions that what if this happens what will you do and he was not allowed to think through, so it was just his instincts.”

 

He has always been a fanboy but when he finally met him in person, he was even more awestruck.

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“Here, when I was supposed to meet him and he had to answer my questions, and in between our conversation I asked him, ‘how do you hold the bat’ and he is teaching me his style and I’m just looking at him. And I was like this is for real.”

I hope the film is a great watch!

Source : Pink Villa

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