Ranbir Kapoor has been approached to play the astronaut Rakesh Sharma's role . The upcoming biopic based on the life of First Indian man in space, Rakesh Sharma, has been in the news ever since the project was announced. Produced by Ronnie Screwvala.
Firstly, Aamir Khan who was to play Rakesh Sharma opted out to do his take on Mahabharat (it is another matter that he has decided to drop that project too). He passed on the role to Shah Rukh Khan who apparently didn’t want to play an astronaut after playing the same in Anand L. Rai’s box-office disaster Zero.
And now various names are being thrown around. Among them were Vicky Kaushal and Kartik Aryan. Both false alarms. Turns out, the actor that the film’s producer Siddharth Roy Kapur is keen on casting Ranbir Kapoor.
Sources say, Ranbir Kapoor has been approached and though he feels it would be an honour to play Rakesh Sharma he feels it is too early after Sanju to do another biopic.
“Ranbir loved the script. His only reservation is about entering the biopic space so soon after Sanju. But the producers have almost convinced him to play India’s most distinguished astronaut,” says the source.
Currently, Ranbir is busy with Dharma Productions’ Brahmastra in which he will be seen opposite Alia Bhatt.Well, let’s wait for an official announcement from film’s producers Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur or RK himself, real soon.
