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Taapsee Pannu starrer ZEE5 Original ‘Rashmi Rocket’ has already created a lot of excitement among the audience. Abhishek Banerjee, who worked in this film, said that his father was the first person I called to inquire about gender testing in sports. Taapsee Pannu’s sports drama film Rashmi Rocket stars Abhishek Banerjee who is playing the role of a lawyer in the film.
Taapsee Pannu starrer ZEE5 Original ‘Rashmi Rocket’ has already created a lot of excitement among the audience. After the interesting trailer, the audience is eagerly waiting for the film to stream on ZEE5. Produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Neha Anand and Pranjal Khanddia, written by Nanda Periyasamy, Anirudh Guha and Kanika Dhillon and directed by Akash Khurana, ‘Rashmi Rocket’ also stars Supriya Pathak, Abhishek Banerjee, Priyanshu Painyuli and Supriya Pilgaonkar.
It is a lesser known fact that Abhishek Banerjee who plays a lawyer in the film did not know much about gender testing in sports. The talented actor first came to know about it from his father!
Abhishek shared, “Yes, my father is a paramilitary officer and has served in CISF and NSG and played a lot of sports in his professional career. He was the first person I called to ask if he had Know something about gender testing in sports and they told me that it has been going on for a long time and gave some information on it. They told me that they had read about many athletes who went through aches and pains because of this. And they also gave me some names who have fought their case in court and have won against the association.
So, it really gave me courage as I realized that this is a story that has happened many times in real life and now it is time for the world to see and hear these stories. It is time for people to see what happens behind the scenes of a success story which is usually celebrated after a victory but before the victory, an athlete has to face many struggles and very few people know about it. know. I think very few people want to talk about struggles because everyone only wants to talk about Mahima and Rashmi Rocket is a great film because it talks about all these things.”
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The film is based on Rashmi, who is an incredibly fast sprinter and dreams of crossing the finish line as an athlete and making a mark for her country. However, she soon understands that the race to the finish line has many obstacles and what seems like an athletic contest turns into her personal battle for honor and her personal identity. The central theme of the film is gender testing in sports.
The film will premiere on October 15 on ZEE5.
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Rashmi rocket actor Abhishek Banerjee speaks about gender testing in sports
Story first published: Friday, October 8, 2021, 19:48 [IST]