Why cricketers stepped into Tamil cinema as heroes?
But cricketer dhoni had produced a film called LGM which was released a few months ago. Made at a cost of eight crores, the film had Harish Kalyan as the hero and actress ivana as the heroine. Nadia, yogi babu and many others played the main role. The film released recently and was a flop with mixed reviews. Also, there are reports that till now Thala dhoni is struggling to sell this film to OTT. Similarly, Dhoni's company has suffered a loss due to this film. With first production LGM a flop, will dhoni think about his next film? is also a big question.Well, let's see who are the cricket legends who have appeared as actors. First in this list is cricketer Satagopan Ramesh. He acted as the hero in the film 'Botta Botti' directed by director Yuvraj Dayalan in 2011. The film was based on a comedy plot, centered around a cricket match in a small village. Since the film did not get the expected success, he started acting in Gunachitra Vedam as Herovellam Nadhu Aatkatu. Accordingly, jayam acted as Ravi's brother in Santhosh Subramaniam's film. But even after this film, as he did not get proper opportunities, he left the film industry.
Following him, actor harbhajan singh recently made his debut as a hero through the film 'Friendship'. Although the film released amidst huge expectations, it failed to meet the expected success. Similarly, famous cricketer Irfan Pathan played the role of an intimidating officer in the film 'Cobra' starring Sian Vikram. Even though his character in the film was a compelling one, the abysmal failure of 'Cobra' made Irfan Pathan disappear as well. He was followed by actor sreesanth who played a small role in Kathu Vaakil Dou Kaadhal directed by Vignesh Sivan last year. As the scenes in which he acted in this film were mostly cut, there was no scope for his character. It is worth noting that his character has also been dissolved in Kathu's vote.