Abhinav Bindra Called Anil Kapoor His Dad: A day ago, CEO of NITI (National Institution of Transforming India) Amitabh Kant praised India’s only individual gold medalist Abhinav Bindra’s endeavor to create an ecosystem for aspiring young talent to get access to best global practices, helping the next generation of athletes reach greater heights and win more laurels for the nation.
He tweeted “Extremely encouraging to see India’s only individual Gold Medalist @Abhinav_Bindra strive to create an ecosystem for aspiring young talent to be at par with global best practices. Such commitment and initiative r sure to help next generation of athletes win medals. True champion”.
Extremely encouraging to see India's only individual Gold Medalist @Abhinav_Bindra strive to create an ecosystem for aspiring young talent to be at par with global best practices Such committment and initiative r sure to help next generation of athletes win medals.True champion. pic.twitter.com/F2XxxfZaOv
— Amitabh Kant (@amitabhk87) August 4, 2019
To which Anil Kapoor replied “We couldn’t agree more @amitabhk87! @Abhinav_Bindra is an excellent inspiration & mentor for the next generation of athletes!”
We couldn’t agree more @amitabhk87! @Abhinav_Bindra is an excellent inspiration & mentor for the next generation of athletes! https://t.co/EP56QUEgUq
— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) August 5, 2019
Amid the ‘praise-o-felia’ fever Abhinav Bindra too jumped into the conversation and tweeted “ Thank you to my reel life dad !!!”
Thank you to my reel life dad !!! https://t.co/tPpJk0Tdgi
— Abhinav A. Bindra OLY (@Abhinav_Bindra) August 5, 2019
As we all know, Anil Kapoor and his son Harshvardhan Kapoor are all set to come together in the Abhinav Bindra biopic. The Anil-Harshvardhan duo will play father-son role on the big screen; the biopic is set to hit the theatres in 2021.
Abhinav Bindra is a former Olympian and world champion in 10 meter Air rifle. He is the only Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal in Olympics, a historic feat he achieved in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.