Biopic on chess legend Viswanathan Anand in the offing

Bollywood filmmaker Aanand L Rai will chronicle the life and illustrious career of chess legend Viswanathan Anand on the big screen. The yet-to-be-titled film is a joint venture by Rai's Colour Yellow Productions and Mahaveer Jain's Sundial Entertainment.

Hyderabad: A biopic is being planned on the life of former World Champion Viswanathan Anand. Filmmaker Aanand L Rai will be capturing the illustrious career and life of the grandmaster in his upcoming directorial venture.

Rai, known for films like Tanu Wed Manu and Raanjhanaa will be directing and co-producing the untitled film with Mahaveer Jain's Sundial Entertainment. According to reports, the five-time world champion was being approached many filmmakers in recent past but he agreed to open lesser-known pages of his life with Aanand.

• 24 years ago, our honeymoon was at a tournament. Now, after all these years, I think the time is right for Aruna to actually learn Chess. Watch me live: 7 PM on 7th Dec as I kick-off of my Graphy “Teaching your Spouse how to play Chess”
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  24 years ago, our honeymoon was at a tournament. Now, after all these years, I think the time is right for Aruna to actually learn Chess. Watch me live: 7 PM on 7th Dec as I kick-off of my Graphy “Teaching your Spouse how to play Chess”
  Join here: https://t.co/uPFLkkS86x pic.twitter.com/vt1mcELbxN

  — Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) December 4, 2020

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  24 years ago, our honeymoon was at a tournament. Now, after all these years, I think the time is right for Aruna to actually learn Chess. Watch me live: 7 PM on 7th Dec as I kick-off of my Graphy “Teaching your Spouse how to play Chess”
  Join here: https://t.co/uPFLkkS86x pic.twitter.com/vt1mcELbxN

  — Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) December 4, 2020

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Anand's journey began at the age of six when he saw his elder older brother and sister playing chess and asked her mother to teach him the game. His progress as a chess player wasn't sudden, it came through lots of hard work over many years. The 50-year-old champion had once revealed that his wife Aruna Anand has been the biggest support system. After the book, Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion's Life, released in 2019, now the upcoming biopic will weave in such unknown aspects of the life of Indian sport's most enduring champion for a larger audience.

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  — Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) September 30, 2020

The makers are yet to disclose star cast and title of the film. The film will apparently hit the floors next year after Aanand wraps shooting for Atrangi Re starring Akshay Kumar, Dhanush and Sara Ali Khan.