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Sushant Singh Rajput (right) who portrayed cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the biopic MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, will reportedly be playing the role Indian-American professional wrestler The Great Khali in a pending film.

LOS ANGELES (Diya TV) — Sushant Singh Rajput, who portrayed cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the biopic MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, will reportedly be playing the role Indian-American professional wrestler The Great Khali in a pending film.

The biopic is on the life of wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, known The Great Khali in the WWE. The studio has spoken to the Punjabi wrestler and he has given them the rights to make a film on his life. Sushant has been approached to play the role and agreed in principle to do the film, a report indicated.

Khali is 7-foot-1 and weighs over 350 pounds, therefore many believe that special effects will be utilized to make Rajput look convincing as Khali.

Rajput’s stars in an upcoming film on Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar.

The actor is now preparing for his role as an astronaut in Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan’s space adventure film Chanda Mama Door Ke. For that role, he did specialized training at NASA’s Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

The Himachal Pradesh-born Khali served the Punjab Police. He started training in India, then was selected to pursue advanced professional wrestling training in the U.S. His professional wrestling career saw him initially with the ring character Giant Singh. Khali was the first Indian professional wrestler to sign a contract with WWE. The Houston resident became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2014.

Khali also appeared in various television shows and movies, including “The Longest Yard,” starring Adam Sandler.