<p>Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra's autobiography "A Shot at History" will be adapted into a film with a US-based production house acquiring its movie rights.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Amit Bolakani, a New York-trained actor, found the book entertaining while being insightful and along with his business partners decided to acquire the rights.<br /><br />"It's an inspiring Indian story that has cinematic appeal for a wider world audience. We are in process to determine a director for the project," said Bolakani who has trained with coaches who've worked with Anna Hathaway, Leonardo Di Caprio among others.<br />It was a tweet by actor Rahul Bose praising the book that sparked the idea to obtain rights for this book.<br /><br />Sportswriter Rohit Brijnath collaborated with Bindra in producing the compelling autobiography of the Indian sports hero. "A Shot at History", published by HarperCollins India, was released in 2011.<br /><br />The book describes how the Olympics has been an all-consuming journey for Bindra ever since he was shattering beer bottles and glass ampoules in his garden in Chandigarh.<br /><br />Shattered by his failure at the 2004 Athens Olympics when a gold medal seemed imminent, he changed as a shooter: from a boy who loved shooting, he became an athlete bent on redemption, a scientist who would try anything - from mapping his own brain to drinking yak milk to climbing rock walls - to win at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.</p>
<p>Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra's autobiography "A Shot at History" will be adapted into a film with a US-based production house acquiring its movie rights.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Amit Bolakani, a New York-trained actor, found the book entertaining while being insightful and along with his business partners decided to acquire the rights.<br /><br />"It's an inspiring Indian story that has cinematic appeal for a wider world audience. We are in process to determine a director for the project," said Bolakani who has trained with coaches who've worked with Anna Hathaway, Leonardo Di Caprio among others.<br />It was a tweet by actor Rahul Bose praising the book that sparked the idea to obtain rights for this book.<br /><br />Sportswriter Rohit Brijnath collaborated with Bindra in producing the compelling autobiography of the Indian sports hero. "A Shot at History", published by HarperCollins India, was released in 2011.<br /><br />The book describes how the Olympics has been an all-consuming journey for Bindra ever since he was shattering beer bottles and glass ampoules in his garden in Chandigarh.<br /><br />Shattered by his failure at the 2004 Athens Olympics when a gold medal seemed imminent, he changed as a shooter: from a boy who loved shooting, he became an athlete bent on redemption, a scientist who would try anything - from mapping his own brain to drinking yak milk to climbing rock walls - to win at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.</p>