Now, IPL comes to the movies

Updated On: 18 April, 2022 07:14 AM IST | Mumbai | Upala KBR

As IPL turns 15, 83 producer announces screen adaptation of Boria Majumdar’s book Maverick Commissioner; film to focus on cricket league’s genesis and founder Lalit Modi

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Chennai Super Kings were the champions of the 2021 edition. Pic/BCCI; IPL

Inside Edge is set in the world of a fictional T20 cricket league, along the lines of the Indian Premier League (IPL). But truth is stranger than fiction. So, it was only a matter of time before the IPL — with its dizzying highs, plunging lows and controversies galore — became the subject of a movie. As the IPL, founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), enters its 15th year, Thalaivii (2021) and 83 (2021) producer Vishnu Vardhan Induri is set to announce a film on the franchise tourney. The movie will be based on sports journalist-academician Boria Majumdar’s upcoming book, Maverick Commissioner: The IPL-Lalit Modi Saga.

Producer Induri’s last release was 83