The
V.
Sha ta am
biopic
featu i g
Siddha t
Chatu vedi
a d
Tama aah
Bhatia
has
bee
delayed
to
2027.
Shooti g
is
ow
set
to
begi
i
Ap il
ext
yea ,
with
p oductio
pla i g
to
complete
the
outdoo
po tio s
ea ly
a d
use
the
mo soo
wi dow
fo
i doo
shoots.
Deshpa de
moves
o
to
‘Kambli’
as
his
ext
p oject
While
the
V.
Sha ta am
biopic
sits
o
the
back
bu e ,
Deshpa de
has
li ed
up
his
ext
p oject,
‘Kambli’,
a
ZEE5
se ies
t aci g
the
life
of
fo me
I dia
c ickete
Vi od
Kambli,
he
told
Bollywood
Hu gama.
Ravi
Bhagcha dka’s
200NotOut
P oductio s,
the
house
behi d
the
acclaimed
Sachi
Te dulka
docume ta y
‘Sachi :
A
Billio
D eams’,
is
p oduci g
the
show.
“I
sta ted
w iti g
Kambli
i
2019.
I
bega
w iti g
Kambli
a d
V.
Sha ta am
togethe .
Ravi
Bhagcha dka,
the
p oduce ,
has
bee
with
me
all
th oughout,
a d
we
a e
hopi g
to
su p ise
people
with
ou
take
o
Kambli.
It
is
a
huma
sto y
a d
ot
a
spo ts
film,”
eveals
the
di ecto .
Why
Deshpa de
chose
a
se ies
ove
a
featu e
film
Deshpa de
had
o igi ally
co ceived
the
p oject
as
a
Ma athi
featu e
film,
but
as
he
esea ched
fu the
i to
the
fo me
c ickete ‘s
life,
he
ealized
a
se ies
was
the
o ly
fo mat
that
could
t uly
do
it
justice.
“Whe
I
studied
his
life,
the e
was
so
much
mate ial
a d
so
much
d ama
that
it’s
impossible
to
e capsulate
all
of
that
i
o e
film.
I
thi k
the
se ies
i
Hi di
will
also
help
his
sto y
t avel
wide ,”
he
explai s.
Casti g
a d
shooti g
timeli e
still
bei g
wo ked
out
Casti g
is
yet
to
be
locked,
though
the
team
is
o
the
hu t
fo
a
ew
face
who
closely
esembles
‘Kambli’,
with
a
emphasis
o
po t ayi g
the
c ickete ‘s
life
a d
pe so ality
with
se sitivity
a d
ealism.
While
shoot
dates
a e ‘t
fi alized
eithe ,
the
make s
a e
eyei g
a
Novembe
2026
sta t
a d
hope
to
w ap
filmi g
i
a
si gle
co ti uous
st etch
of
th ee
to
fou
mo ths.
Deshpa de
will
the
tu
his
atte tio
back
to
V.
Sha ta am
o ce
this
p oject
is
complete.
What
‘Kambli’
will
explo e
‘Kambli’
will
follow
the
olle coaste
jou ey
of
Vi od
Kambli,
t acki g
his
eme ge ce
as
o e
of
I dia’s
most
tale ted
you g
batsme
th ough
to
the
pe so al
a d
p ofessio al
hu dles
that
cha ged
the
t ajecto y
of
his
ca ee .
Looki g
past
the
headli es,
the
se ies
aims
to
captu e
a
sto y
defi ed
by
ext ao di a y
pote tial,
otable
t iumphs,
a d
ha d-fought
pe so al
battles.