“I will nail it for sure”: Shikhar Dhawan open to doing more movies post retirement from all formats

Gurpreet Singh | 06/11/2022
"I will nail it for sure": Shikhar Dhawan open to doing more movies post retirement from all formats

Veteran Indian left-handed batter Shikhar Dhawan seems to be quite open on entering the cinema industry as an option post retiring from Cricket altogether.

For those unaware, Dhawan recently made his Bollywood debut by playing a cameo role in the movie Double XL, which released in cinema houses on November 4 (Friday), with renowned actresses Huma Qureshi and Sonakshi Sinha playing the lead roles.

Huma, who plays the role of an aspiring sports journalist as per the movie trailer, dreams of dancing with Dhawan in a dream sequence.

It was in fact Huma’s brother and actor Saqib Saleem, who managed to convince the opener batter to take up the role, to which the latter was more than ready and accepting.

Shikhar Dhawan open to doing more movies post retirement

During an event organized by the media house India Today named – “ON THE FRONT FOOT: LIFE ON AND OFF THE PITCH”, Shikhar Dhawan was the guest of honour with his picture on the cover page of the India Today magazine edition in the background.

Veteran journalist Rajdeep Sardesai, who was hosting the event, listed out the name of a few former cricketers who had given a go to act in some movies in the past.

Upon then enquiring Dhawan whether he would consider acting as full time career post retiring from Cricket, the Southpaw batter replied with a degree of certainty and exclaimed, “Absolutely. You never know, so many possibilities are out there and I won’t leave any stone unturned to grab any good opportunity out there. I will go for it, and will nail it for sure.”

Earlier, the 36-year-old batter had also remarked that he always had a fond for dancing, particularly to Punjabi music, and that acting comes naturally to him as is evident from quite a few entertaining reels he keeps uploading on the photo-sharing app Instagram.

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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