Lalit Modi, the IPL founder’s movies are going to come very soon. For a long time, rumors have been spread among all that the film based on the life of Lalit Kumar Modi was going to come. But finally, the rumors have been proved true after a long time. As per the report, it has come known that Vishnu Vardhan Induri, the film producer of the movie 83 and Thalaivii is going to make his next movie around the book Maverick Commissioner, which was written by the renowned sports journalist Boria Majumdar on the IPL founder and the renowned personality named Lalit Modi.
Lalit Modi, the IPL founder’s reaction
While taking it to Twitter, Lalit Modi has tweeted that “Surprised to see my name associated with some book soon to be a movie. I have NOTHING whatsoever to do with this film or book. I have my own BIOPIC announcement to make in the next few weeks. Time to call my lawyers again. Watch this Space (sic).”
Announcement of the movie
On 18th April 2022, Vishnu Induri tweeted and said that “Winning the 83 World Cup was the tip of the iceberg. The book “Maverick Commissioner” by sports journalist @BoriaMajumdar is a fascinating account of the IPL and the Man behind it Lalit Modi. Elated to announce that we are adapting this book into a feature film.@SimonSchusterIN (sic)”.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) was first started in the year 2008 and the concept was introduced by none other than Lalit Modi, the former chairman and commissioner of the league.
Vishnu Induri has also said that the book has tells us about how the IPL has made an great impact in the lives of Indian people. Following this announcement, Lalit Modi tweeted about announcing his ‘own’ biopic.