Raja
K ish a
Me o
says
Shahid
Kapoo
might
NOT
BE
INTERESTED
i
doi g
Di gko
Si gh
biopic
ow;
He e’s
why
Filmmake
Raja
K ish a
Me o
has
ot
give
up
o
the
idea
of
maki g
a
biopic
o
late
Ma ipu i
boxe
Nga gom
Di gko
Si gh,
eve
yea s
afte
shelvi g
pla s
that
o ce
had
Shahid
Kapoo
i
the
lead
ole.
The
‘Ai lift’
di ecto
said
the
sto y
co ti ues
to
stay
close
to
his
hea t,
though
he
ow
feels
the
casti g
eeds
a
f esh
look.
Let’s
take
a
look
at
what
he
has
to
say.
Raja
K ish a
Me o
talks
about
the
Di gko
Si gh
biopic
I
a
i te view
with
Va iety
I dia,
Raja
K ish a
Me o
called
Di gko’s
life
ext ao di a y,
sayi g,
“Yes,
the
Di gko
Si gh
biopic
is
a
i c edible
sto y
because
he
was
quite
a
i c edible
ma .
He
came
f om
a
place
that
eeds
ep ese tatio .”
He
added
that
Di gko’s
impact
we t
fa
beyo d
the
boxi g
i g,
He
said,
“What
he
did
cha ged
the
la dscape
the e
a d
tu ed
it
i to
a
spo ts
ce t e.
He
was
also
ki d
of
a
mave ick
i volved
i
ma y
thi gs.
The e’s
a
socio-political
a gle
to
his
sto y
as
well.”
Why
Shahid
Kapoo
may
o
lo ge
be
the
ight
fit
The
p oject
was
ea lie
pla ed
with
Shahid
Kapoo
as
the
lead,
but
Me o
ow
feels
the
lo g
gap
i
developme t
calls
fo
a
ethi k.
He
said,
“I
do ‘t
k ow
if
Shahid
would
be
i te ested
a ymo e
i
doi g
it
because,
o e,
Di gko
was
ve y
you g…
i
his
20s…
whe
much
of
his
life’s
sto y
took
place.
It’s
defi itely
a
film
that
eeds
to
be
made.
A d
it
eeds
to
be
made
with
someo e
you ge .”Me o
admitted
the
biopic
wo ‘t
be
easy
to
execute
but
emai s
hopeful.
He
said,
“It’s
ot
a
easy
film
to
make,
but
o e
that
I
would
eally
love
to
make
if
it
all
falls
i to
place.”
About
Di gko
Si gh
Di gko
Si gh
wo
gold
i
the
54kg
catego y
at
the
1998
Asia
Games
i
Ba gkok,
a
wi
that
made
him
o e
of
I dia’s
most
celeb ated
boxe s.
He
we t
o
to
ep ese t
I dia
at
the
2000
Syd ey
Olympics
a d
was
ho ou ed
with
the
A ju a
Awa d
a d
the
Padma
Sh i.
He
passed
away
i
2021
at
the
age
of
42.
Mo e
about
Shahid
Kapoo
Shahid
Kapoo
was
last
see
i
‘Cocktail
2’,
co-sta i g
K iti
Sa o
a d
Rashmika
Mada a.
Di ected
by
Homi
Adaja ia,
the
movie
was
eleased
i
theat es
i
Ju e
this
yea .