Tennis star Sania Mirza is a massive fan of Akshay Kumar: 'Will act in my biopic if he's in it'

Badminton star Saina Nehwal, boxer Mary Kom, comedian Kapil Sharma, Sania Mirza and Sania Mirza, boxer Mary Kom, badminton star Saina Nehwal and Paris Olympics medal hopeful 50-m rifle shooter Sift Kaur Samra. (Image via Instagram)

Sania Mirza, among the top doubles tennis players in the world till she announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2023, might want to act in her own biopic if the filmmakers cast Akshay Kumar opposite her, Mirza joked on the latest episode of 'The Great Indian Kapil Show'. The episode dropped on Netflix on June 8.

Indeed, 'The Great Indian Kapil Show' on Netflix Season 1 has broadened its scope compared with TV's 'The Kapil Sharma Show'. The guests on the Netflix series have included cricketers Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer, and singer songwriter Ed Sheeran, among a host of Bollywood celebrities including Aamir Khan and Diljit Dosanjh. The latest episode of the show featured "real-life heroines" Sania Mirza, boxer Mary Kom, badminton star Saina Nehwal and Paris Olympics medal hopeful 50-m rifle shooter Sift Kaur Samra.

As is the format of the show, there was much banter and many jokes. Kapil Sharma asked Sania Mirza that after Priyanka Chopra played Mary Kom in a biopic on the 48 kg/51 kg championship boxer and Parineeti Chopra played Saina Nehwal in a biopic on the badminton major who inspired a generation of Indian girls to follow suit, whom would Sania Mirza choose to play Sania Mirza in a biographical movie about her.

Sania who is known for her comebacks, volleyed: Is there another Chopra sister who can play this part? Speaking of male leads to play her "love interest", Sania said she'd have to first find one in real life. Sania is divorced from Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik. The two have a five-year-old son Izaan, who lives with Sania now.

Continuing their ideation around who could play her love interest, Kapil Sharma asked if she would like to play the part herself if Shah Rukh Khan is cast opposite her. She said yes, she would. And if it is Akshay Kumar who is cast opposite her, she definitely would.

Towards the end of the episode, Olympians Mary Kom, Sania Mirza and Saina Nehwal also shared their tips on how to win in the world's biggest sports contest. With a little under two months left till the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saina Nehwal told Sift that a little bit of fear is good to keep one on their toes. Mary Kom told Sift that believing you are the best is the key. The three more experienced sportswomen also told Sift to trust that the training she'd done to get to the Olympics would take her across the line. Sania Mirza's advice: Know that were chosen to do this out of a billion people!

The new and improved Kapil Sharma show has much to recommend it. And the spectacular guestlist is definitely the star of the show.