Sania Mirza biopic to shed light on her personal life

Bollywood film producer Ronnie Screwvala acquired rights to the tennis star's story

Bollywood seems to have been swamped with biopics. With films made on Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Milkha Singh, Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte and many others, its evident that sports biopics attract large crowds. Shraddha Kapoor will be next seen playing Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal while Sonam Kapoor's brother, Harshvardhan will be essaying that role of a retired professional shooter Abhinav Bindra.

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While some of these names might still be new to some ears, Indian tennis player Sania Mirza is a very familiar face to Pakistanis, owing to her marriage to cricketer Shoaib Malik. According to Mumbai Mirror, Bollywood film producer Ronnie Screwvala has acquired the rights to Sania's biopic.

A source close to the tennis player said, "Many have been wanting to make a film on Sania’s life for a while now and Ronnie has finally bagged the rights for it. The story will be a balance of her professional and personal life with the latter getting more prominence. The makers will zero down on a director soon, after which they will begin the casting process."

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Sania was born in Mumbai to parents Imran and Naseema Mirza and they soon moved to Hyderabad. She began playing tennis at the age of six and took it as a profession in 2003. In the same year, she won the Wimbledon Championship Girls' Double title and Junior French Open. The 31-year-old also has several awards to her name such as the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. She married Shoaib in 2010 and the two announced their pregnancy in May this year.

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My child will have Mirza Malik as surname: Sania Mirza

Loved by many in India and Pakistan, Sania shares a close friendship with some big names from Bollywood and has often made TV appearances.

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