Silambarasan TR addresses calls to play Virat Kohli in biopic: ‘His story needs a befitting conclusion’-OxBig News Network

Silambarasan TR and Virat Kohli
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Tamil star Silambarasan TR, whereas selling his upcoming movie, Thug Life, starring Kamal Haasan, opened as much as the thought of enjoying Indian cricketing legend Virat Kohli in a possible biopic. This comes weeks after Virat’s tweet on the star’s ‘Nee Singam Dhan’ track triggered posts calling Simbu the proper match to play the cricketer.

In an interview with The Hindu, Simbu stated, “People are saying this because we have similarities in our looks, but a film needs a climax, and so his story needs a befitting conclusion. Hopefully, for all that he has gone through and achieved, a biopic will happen, and hopefully, if that happens, I would love to do it. Let’s see.”

Meanwhile, in a current interview with Star Sports Tamil, Simbu stated that he knew Virat had the potential to develop into the subsequent Sachin way back, an announcement his buddies disagreed with then. “We then know what happened.” The star additionally jovially recounted an incident when he met and greeted Virat, solely to understand that the latter couldn’t recognise him.

“I walked up to him and said ‘Hello,’ and he asked me who I was. I said, ‘I am Simbu,’ he replied, ‘I don’t know you,’ before walking away. I wondered why I put myself through that (laughs).” The star added that he vowed to develop into so profitable that Virat would come to know of him. “And recently, I came across RCB’s reel, and I was happy. Even now, I am not sure if he knows who I am because he had mentioned only the song. But that incident is still unforgettable.” added the Thug Life star.

For the unversed, the Royal Challengers Bangalore lately reshared a enjoyable promotional exercise wherein Kohli was a part of. He was requested about his present favorite track, to which the cricketer stated, “You will be shocked,” earlier than enjoying ‘Nee Singam Dhan’ from Silambarasan’s Pathu Thala, composed by Rahman.

The video took the web by storm because the track, ever since its launch in 2023, has been used repeatedly by cricketing followers to reward the lengthy legacies of their cricketing idols like MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar and Kohli.

Simbu too took word of RCB’s video and reshared it on his social media pages, writing ‘nee singam dhaan @imVkohli’, which interprets to ‘You are indeed a lion.’

Meanwhile, Simbu, who shall be seen quickly in Kamal Haasan-Mani Ratnam’s Thug Life, has STR 49, directed by Ramkumar Balakrishnan, STR 50, directed by Desingh Periyasamy and STR 51, with Dragon-maker Ashwath Marimuthu within the line-up.