Hollywood entertainer Kal Penn is getting ready to play Toronto Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia on the big screen. The news originally broke in a restrictive report by Deadline however was subsequently affirmed via online media by the two players.
“Superfan is going Hollywood,” Bhatia said on Twitter.
“Eager to have Kal Penn accept playing me in the new biopic!!”
“I cannot trust all of this. I’m stunned and I’m respected!
Bhatia went to his first Raptors game in 1995 after the group joined the NBA and recently let CTV News Toronto know that he became “addicted”. In more than 25 years, Bhatia has never missed a home game.
He is likewise known for giving many Raptors passes to individuals from the Sikh people group including countless youngsters, to observe Vaisakhi, the Sikh new year.
In May, he became one of the main fans to at any point be respected at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Penn, who is known for his jobs on “House,” “Assigned Survivor,” and “Harold and Kumar,” took to Twitter to say that he is “very invigorated” to carry Bhatia’s story to Hollywood.
“Heaps of us are b-ball fans, however, there’s just one (Nav Bhatia),” he added.
“His account of determination and solidarity is staggering and I’m really eager to carry his super fan story to the (super?) big screen.”
Other than the way that the film is being delivered by Stampede Ventures, not many different subtleties have been delivered openly.
