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Leander Paes: Talked about things that were left unsaid
Updated On: 25 September, 2021 06:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Uma Ramasubramanian
Despite their initial apprehensions, tennis champions Paes-Bhupathi say revisiting their volatile partnership for Break Point was a “healing process”
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Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi
In Leander Paes’s words, revisiting the famous Lee-Hesh journey for Break Point has been a “healing process”. Reminiscing about their days on the international tennis circuit for the ZEE5 project must have not been easy. What had started out as a dream run for Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi in the world of men’s doubles tennis — as they picked up two Grand Slam titles in 1999 in quick succession, followed by the 2001 French Open win — had an acrimonious end in 2002. The duo paired up for some tournaments in the following years, before parting ways again in late 2011.
With the seven-part series, filmmakers Nitesh and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari have attempted to examine what went wrong with the partnership, while reliving their
glorious years. Bhupathi admits he had his share of apprehensions before walking into the project. “My main reservation was whether the story would be told independently. Would we be able to give our entire perspective?” His fears were put to rest after a conversation with the director duo. “Nitesh and Ashwiny gave us an incredible amount of confidence. They said it was their goal to keep it raw, and to get other people in our ecosystem to give their perspective,”
says Bhupathi.
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