Mariappan – a sports biopic on Thangavelu Mariappan

2016 Rio Paralympics – Men’s High Jump – Mariyappan Thangavelu of India celebrates with his gold medal during the victory ceremony. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff

The New year was ushered in by none other than Badshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan with this tweet, introducing MARIAPPAN a bio pic on Thangavelu Mariappan!

Tagging Aishwarya Dhanush as the director, wondering if Dhanush is the the hero, lets wait and see what’s in store for us…

Here’s presenting the first look of the biopic on #MariyappanThangavelu, our very own national hero, all the best @ash_r_dhanush pic.twitter.com/oD1avhkC4K

— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) December 31, 2016

This tweet by GK Prasad also points to the team!

And my 2017 begins with @ash_r_dhanush Mam’s Mariyappan 🙂 thank u mam 🙂 glad to be a part of this film https://t.co/JH1YShkTPD

— Prasanna.G.K (@GK_Prasanna) December 31, 2016

Looking forward to that phenomenal ‘one’ jump and leap of faith for mankind from Mariappan Thangavelu