Brett Lee eager to watch Sachin Tendulkar's biopic

Former Australian pacer Brett Lee may have always tried to rip apart his on-field foe Sachin Tendulkar but off the field both shares a lovely friendship. Lee, who made his acting debut with Australian film “Unindian” as expresses his excitement about Tendulkar’s biopic on titled “Sachin: A Billion Dreams.”

“It’s great to see films on cricketers’ life and journey. I am looking forward to watch Sachin Tendulkar biopic. I like that more. He is a great player and a nice human being,” Brett told PTI.

The upcoming Indian biographical film is directed by James Erskine and it stars the Tendulkar himself. The film is set to capture his cricket and personal life in great detail and the highest run-scorer in the history of the game will also chip in with his inputs for the film which will be released in 200 theatres across the world.

Mumbai-based Production Company 200 Not Out will be making the film. The company has over 150 advertisements and short films to its credit and has bagged the rights to make the film from World Sports Group (WSG). London-based award-winning writer, director and producer, James Erskine has been roped in to direct the film.

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Ask Brett about a making a biopic on himself, he says, “No not now. It is not exciting for me at the moment. I am focused about ‘Unindian”.

The movie directed by Anupam Sharma, featuring Tannishtha Chatterjee as the lead opposite Brett is set to release in India on August 19. However, the Censor Board of India has raised a bit of controversy because of the  love-making sequence between both the actors.

The board has reportedly found the length of the bareback lovemaking scenes a bit too much to bear and has asked the makers to trim it down from a minute to only a few seconds. However, Brett believes the scenes have been done appropriately.

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“It’s been very tastefully done. It’s about two human beings becoming one which happens in everyday life and which happens in this film,” Brett told in an exclusive conversation Indian Express.com.