SRK Unveils Poster of Aishwaryaa Dhanush’s Film About Paralympian

The biopic is based on the life of Mariyappan Thangavelu, who is India’s first Paralympic gold medalist.

Sabika Razvi
Entertainment
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SRK shares the first look of <i>Mariyappan</i>. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter)
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SRK shares the first look of Mariyappan. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter)
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Shah Rukh Khan shared the first look of Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush’s Tamil film, Mariyappan which releases in 2017.

The biopic is based on the life of Mariyappan Thangavelu, who is India’s first Paralympic gold medalist. The 21-year-old from Salem district of Tamil Nadu beat all odds to win gold for India in high jump in T-42 category at the 2016 Summer Paralympic games held in Rio de Janeiro.

Mariyappan is the directorial venture of superstar Rajinikanth’s daughter and filmmaker, Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush. The film will release in Tamil as well as English.

Aishwaryaa also took to Twitter to thank SRK after he shared the first look.

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Published: 01 Jan 2017,12:42 PM IST

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