Sachin Tendulkar's movie Sachin: A Billion Dreams, which is set to release on Friday, May 26, has received rave reviews from Bollywood celebrities as well as his cricket fraternity. A special screening was held for the celebrities on Wednesday (May 24) and many took to Twitter to praise the epic biopic as well as Sachin's debut as an actor on the silver screen.
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The batsman's son Arjun Tendulkar, who also features in the film, has managed to impress the celebs as well. A few sections of the celebs claimed that Sachin: A Billion Dreams will leave fans with goosebumps.
The movie is based on the life of the legendary cricketer and revolves around the extraordinary career of the batsman, who retired from international cricket in 2013, and also touches upon his personal life.
Mikhail Gandhi, who portrayed the role of young Sachin, also could emulate Sachin's body language with conviction, say a few celebs. Interestingly, Mikhail, whose facial features resembled with that of Sachin, was finalised after auditioning 300 children.
Directed by James Erskine, the master blaster's biographical film is produced by Ravi Bhagchandka and Carnival Motion Pictures. The teaser and trailer of the movie have created waves among Sachin's millions of fans worldwide with over a 23 million views on YouTube.
Check out the reviews of Sachin: A Billion Dreams by Bollywood and Indian cricket celebs:
T 2435 - 'SACHIN a Billion dreams' movie last night ..filled with pride and emotion .. मैं उस देश का वासी हूँ जिस देश में Sachin बहता है !!! pic.twitter.com/7n4BW2a5JW
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 25, 2017
Asha Bhosle: "Enjoyed The film on Sachin."
Great the man greater the story @sachin_rt billion dreams beautifully put together by James erskine go watch it ?? ???I was just ? pic.twitter.com/n4MwYK63PN
— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) May 25, 2017
VVS Laxman: "Congrats @sachin_rt on a wonderful Film.Thoroughly enjoyed it SachI am sure everyone will love watching it & get inspired #SachinPremiere"
Loved watching @sachin_rt pajhi's movie, its amazing. Always lovely meeting him ???? pic.twitter.com/opyLsqojEN
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) May 24, 2017