Sonam Kapoor to play sports-star Sania Mirza onscreen

Filmmaker Anees Bazmee’s timing couldn’t be better. The director has found an apt subject in Sania Mirza for his next film.

Spicezee Bureau

Mumbai: Filmmaker Anees Bazmee’s timing couldn’t be better. The director, who is known to churn some of the biggest hits in Bollywood, has found an apt subject in Sania Mirza for his next film. The ace tennis sensation who is surrounded by much controversy at the moment, will soon have Sonam Kapoor enacting her life onscreen in Bazmee’s next ‘Thank You’. And thankfully, the film will be sans any sensationalism as it is set to be a romantic comedy. Set to hit floor in mid April, the film will be shot in Canada. And even though the director is denying that Sania is the subject of his film, the striking similarities between Sonam’s role and Mirza’s life make Bazmee’s assertions tough to believe. Confirming the news a source said, “Just like Sania, Sonam plays a young, attractive tennis champ and falls in love with a guy, who is completely wrong for her. She soon realises her mistake and turns back before it’s too late. Remember Sania calling off her engagement to Sohrab Mirza earlier this year before news of her impending marriage to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik?” Talking about the news, director Bazmee said, “Sonam does pay a tennis champ, and Akshay Kumar plays a guy who’s seeing 30-35 girls at the same time, until he meets Sonam. Though he gives up flirting, he’s not particularly serious about Sonam too. It’s a funny take on courtship.”