New Delhi: Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra's autobiography 'A Shot at History' will be adapted into a film with a US-based production house acquiring its movie rights.
Amit Bolakani, a New York-trained actor, found the book entertaining while being insightful and along with his business partners decided to acquire the rights.
"It's an inspiring Indian story that has cinematic appeal for a wider world audience. We are in process to determine a director for the project," said Bolakani who has trained with coaches who've worked with Anna Hathaway, Leonardo Di Caprio among others.
It was a tweet by actor Rahul Bose praising the book that sparked the idea to obtain rights for this book....
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03:19 PM, Apr 23, 2013
India's differently-abled athletes returned with the largest haul of medals in the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games at Pyeong Chang, South Korea. The Indians won 46 medals - 13 gold, 17 silver and 16 bronze - from among 2,200 athletes from over 120 nations in the Games. India doubled its medal tally from the World Winter Games 2009. ...
12:06 PM, Feb 08, 2013
A legislation to award the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani peace activist who was shot in her head by Taliban, has been reintroduced in the US Congress. ...
12:07 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Kolkata: Triple Olympic hockey gold winner Leslie Claudius, suffering from cirrhosis of the liver, was admitted to a private hospital following complications, his son Brandon said on Tuesday. "He was shifted to a hospital last night following some complications. His condition is critical," Brandon said. The 85-year-old is currently being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital near the Eastern Metropolitan bypass in the city's southern outskirts....
12:34 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Washington: Visiting Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received prestigious Congressional Gold Medal, a rare honour bestowed to any foreign leader by the US administration. The National League for Democracy leader also met President Barack Obama on a day when the US lifted additional sanctions on Myanmar. "This is one of the most moving days of my life, to be here in a house undivided, a house joined...
11:43 AM, Sep 20, 2012
London: Ashton Eaton won the Olympic decathlon gold medal by 198 points on Thursday night. Eaton set the decathlon world record at the U.S. trials in June and backed it up with an Olympic victory with 8,869 points. Two-time world champion Trey Hardee settled for silver with 8,671 points and Leonel Suarez of Cuba took the bronze, 346 points behind Eaton, at 8,523. Eaton had a 151-point lead going into...
03:03 AM, Aug 10, 2012
London: July 29, 1980 is a date etched in Olympian Sylvanus Dungdung's heart, for he was the proud member of the Moscow gold medal winning Indian hockey team, the last one to win the yellow metal in Olympics. "I will never forget this date. I hold the gold medal and visualized the game which we had won against Spain. Exactly 32 years completed today. There are goose bumps," Dungdung said...
10:29 AM, Jul 29, 2012
The nine-time gold medallist from America shares his experiences of opening ceremonies at the Olympics. ...
02:38 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Let's take a look at the sprinting journey of Jamaica's Usain Bolt, a triple gold medallist at the Beijing Olympics. ...
02:17 PM, Jul 27, 2012
London: Striking a delicate balance between explosive power, speed and fluid technique, Iran's top super heavyweight weightlifter is expected to lift the equivalent of two baby elephants' worth of steel above his head to claim gold at the London Olympics. Continuing Iran's legacy of heavyweight lifters, 22-year-old Behdad Salimikordasiabi is the heart of Iran's six-strong squad expected to encounter stiff competition from Germany and Russia to win medals in the...
01:27 PM, Jul 22, 2012
The Swiss, who has won 17 Grand Slams, also bagged gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. ...
11:43 AM, Jul 22, 2012
New Delhi: Odisha-based sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik's sculpture of Hindu god Ganesha has won two gold medals at the just-concluded Solo International Sand Art Contest in Marbella, Spain. Pattnaik's 3.5-metre sand sculpture bearing message - "Save The Sea Life" - won in 'People's Choice' and 'Best Positive' sculpture categories. Pattnaik used about 1,000 tonnes of sand to build the sculpture. He was the only sand artist from India to participate...
03:44 PM, Jul 18, 2012
In the countdown to the 2012 London Olympics, we retrace some memorable Indian moments at the quadrennial games. Today, a look at India's eight hockey gold medals. Every Indian, since 1928, shares a common optimism when it comes to what to expect from the Olympics: a medal in hockey. An unbeaten run for 28 years, encompassing six yellow metal hung over India's chest, followed by two more in 1964 and...
09:00 AM, Jul 18, 2012
New Delhi: The six Indian women athletes, who were caught for steroid doping last year, lost their case in the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Lausanne, Switzerland as it upheld the IAAF's appeal to impose two-year ban on them. A NADA panel had handed a lenient one-year ban on the six quartermilers, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, on the ground that they did not know that...
11:04 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Friday pleaded ignorance about the complaint made by Asiad gold medalist Pinki Pramanik of atrocities inflicted on her in custody and demand for justice, as the Opposition's move to raise the issue in the Assembly was rejected on the ground of it being sub-judice. "I have not received anything from Pinki Pramanik's family, nor from any sports organisation. Nobody has talked to me or...
04:45 PM, Jul 06, 2012
New Delhi: Three members of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics - Leslie Claudius, Keshav Dutt and Jaswant Rajput - on Sunday hoped the 2012 squad can measure up to their standards. The three Bengal men, who are well into their late 80s, still keenly follow the national team's performance and are far from being impressed. The trio, along with 23 other...
06:52 PM, Jun 24, 2012
Digvijay Singh Deo recounts the experience of covering Abhinav Bindra's gold medal win in 2008 Olympics. ...
09:29 AM, Jan 28, 2011
New York: Gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard wants to set an example outside the water, as well as in it. Touchstone announced that Beard is working on a memoir that will tell of her life away from the pool, a "harrowing journey" through drugs, alcohol and eating disorders. The 29-year-old Beard won Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2004. Beard says she hopes her memoir "will help others, especially...
11:33 AM, Dec 15, 2010
World record holder Narang shot a score of 104.5 in the 10 metre air rifle. ...
02:20 PM, Feb 20, 2010
