The
renowned
international
wrestler
Dalip
Singh
Rana
a.k.a
the
Great
Khali
is
all
set
to
step
into
bollywood
with
a
film
titled
Kushti
is
directed
by
Rajeev
Kumar.
The
film
made
under
Venus
Films
will
also
have
Rajpal
Yadav,
Asrani,
Nargis
and
Manoj
Joshi,
sharing
screen
space
with
Khali.
Shedding
some
light
on
the
storyline
Rajpal
informs,
"The
story
set
in
a
village
revolves
around
a
postman
played
by
me
who
is
trying
to
get
his
gal
(Nargis).
Unfortunately,
for
him,
her
father
is
a
wrestler
and
wants
his
daughter
to
marry
one
too,
which
happens
to
be
Khali.
Now
in
order
to
marry
Nargis
I
have
to
fight
Khali
and
defeat
him."
With
all
praises
for
the
gigantic
wrestler,
the
director
Rajeev
Kumar
says,
"Khali
is
an
extremely
down
to
earth
and
professional
guy.
He
gave
his
100%
to
the
film.
Initially,
I
was
quite
apprehensive
as
to
how
will
things
shape
up
considering
his
huge
body
and
attitude
but
he
got
into
the
skin
of
the
character
very
easily
that
things
eventually
started
falling
in
place."
Indeed
May
16
was
a
big
day
for
Khali,
mainly
for
two
reasons,
one
being
the
announcement
of
his
film
Kushti
and
secondly
for
receiving
an
IFDB
(International
Federation
Diploma
in
Body
Building)
award.
Khali,
very
excited
about
his
career
in
Bollywood
says,
"I
had
been
flooded
by
many
offers
before
but
due
to
constant
warnings
about
the
corruption
in
bollywood
I
withheld
myself
from
signing
films." He
goes
on
to
add,
"However,
after
meeting
Rajeev
Kumar
and
Rajpal
Yadav,
all
my
fears
vanished
and
I
had
a
wonderful
time
working
with
them.
Kushti
is
a
musical
film
and
I
hope
my
Indian
audiences
watch
and
at
the
same
time
like
it."
Kushti
is
in
its
post-production
period
and
is
expected
to
release
this
year.
Story first published: Monday, May 19, 2008, 12:40 [IST]