Diljit Dosanjh, Shaad Ali to visit Sandeep Singh's hometown ahead of 'Soorma's release

Mumbai: Director Shaad Ali with actor Diljit Dosanjh will be visiting hockey player Sandeep Singh's home town Shahbad, Haryana on Sunday.Sandeep Singh was shot with a bullet while he was travelling in a train 12 years ago, after which hockey player was paralysed for two years.  

Hockey legend Sandeep, actor Diljit and director Shaad Ali will travel back in the train and it would be for the first time that Sandeep will be traveling in the train the incident.   Sandeep's determination and love for the game brought him back and he won several medals for the country.

Diljit and Shaad will tour to Sandeep's home town and will visit the actual locations once again after the shoot of the movie, which is Sandeep's house and the hockey turf where he practices the game.'Soorma' is a story inspired by a real story and director Shaad Ali has tried to keep it as real as possible.

The film has been shot in his hometown Shahabad to capture the real essence of his struggle and the journey to become the hockey legend.The trailer of the film had garnered immense appreciation from across the audience. It is an inspiring true story of the human spirit, about a player, who made headlines for his miraculous comeback after an unfortunate accident.

It is a lesser known fact that, Sandeep Singh has been hailed as one of the world' most dangerous drag-flickers of all time with drag speeds of over 145 km/hr which led to his nickname, 'Flicker Singh'.

Sandeep Singh's inspiring story has had the makers keen to bring his life on the silver screen.

'Soorma' will feature Diljit Dosanjh essaying the role of Sandeep Singh alongside Taapsee Pannu and Angad Bedi in the pivotal roles.Produced by Sony Pictures Networks Productions, Chitrangda Singh, and Deepak Singh, 'Soorma' is written and directed by Shaad Ali and is slated to release on July 13.(UNI)