'The shooting will start in January...': Sourav Ganguly's big revelation on his biopic, this Bollywood star will be protagonist

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly revealed that the shooting of his biopic Bollywood movie will start in January 2026, with Rajkummar Rao set to play the lead actor. Ganguly is one of the most successful captains to lead India. The left-handed batter is credited with instilling a fighting spirit in the Indian team and achieving significant success overseas.

He captained India in 49 Tests, where the Men in Blue won 21, lost 13, and drew 15, with a win percentage of 42.86%. His 11 away wins were a benchmark before Kohli surpassed it. Ganguly revealed that by the end of 2026 his biopic will release and Rajkumar Rao will be the protagonist.

"The shooting will start in January, the pre-production, scripting and story writing takes a lot of time, shooting does not take much time," Ganguly told PTI.

Ganguly also recalled some of the tough call he took during his captaincy. The Southpaw regretted dropping Anil Kumble, one of the greatest leg spinners in the world, a number of times during his captaincy.

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"Anil Kumble, a few times, because he was so good," he said.

Ganguly who smashed 38 tons in his international career but that number is not pleasing to him, the former India captain regrets missing many hundreds during his cricketing journey.

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Ganguly scored 18,575 runs in Tests and ODIs but regrets missing many centuries in his career, in which he competed in 311 ODIs and 113 Tests. Ganguly's remorse came to the fore when he was asked what advice he would give to his old self.

"I missed a lot of hundreds, I should have scored more. Too many 90s and 80s," Ganguly told PTI in an interaction.

A look at his statistics showed that Ganguly got out in the 80s and 90s a number of times. Exact 30 times.

If he could convert those innings into centuries, he would have easily scored 50-plus centuries in his already glorious career.

He loves watching his old innings, his stroke-play whenever he is alone and it further reminds him how close he was to getting more hundreds.

"I see my (batting) videos when I am alone. When my wife is away because Sana lives in London, I go to Youtube, and watch old matches and say 'arre phir 70 pe out ho gaya' (Gosh, I got out in 70s in this also), should have scored a hundred. But you can't change it. "