Fugly star Kiara Advani to play Sakshi in MS Dhoni biopic

MS Dhoni-The Untold Story will start shooting by the end of this month.

After her last movie Fugly bombed miserably at the box office, actor Kiara Advani seems to have landed on a promising hit finally. The 23-year-old actor will be playing Sakshi Dhoni, Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's wife, in the latter's biopic, MS Dhoni — The Untold Story.

Sakshi Dhoni and Kiara Advani. The latter will play the former in upcoming movie MS Dhoni-An Untold Story. (Agencies)

Kiara will star opposite Sushant Singh Rajput who will play Dhoni's role. Reports suggest that director Neeraj Pandey, known for movies like A Wednesday, Baby and Special 26, auditioned for Sakshi's role for almost three months before finally giving a nod to Kiara.

MS Dhoni-The Untold Story will start shooting by the end of this month.