Subhash Ghai’s Sarabjit biopic to have newbie Anurag Sinha as lead

Filmmaker Subhash Ghai, who is making a biopic on Sarabjit Singh, says he will rope in Anurag Sinha to play the role of Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan who died in May this year.

Filmmaker Subhash Ghai, who is helming the biopic on late Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, has said that his find, Anurag Sinha, will play the title role, though even Amitabh Bachchan was approached with the script.

The filmmaker also wants to cast Sonakshi Sinha as Sarabjit’s sister, Dalbir Kaur. The film, ‘Sarabjit’, is written by Rajesh Beri and will be directed by Ishwar Singh Muchhal.Sarabjit Singh, who was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, died on May 2 as a result of an attack in jail. Subhash Ghai, who has permissions from Sarabjit’s family to make the biopic, says his is an extraordinary tale of determination but the 22-year struggle of his sister for his freedom is more inspirational.

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Anurag Sinha is the actor Ghai introduced in the movie "Black & While". Sarabjit was convicted of involvement in the 1990 serial bomb blasts in Lahore and Faisalabad that had killed 14 people. In Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail on April 26, his inmates attacked him with bricks and plates and the injuries led to his death.