Paes plays a common man in the film, which is to be directed by Ashok Kohli.
“I have always been an admirer of Mahatma Gandhi, and when I read the script, it struck a chord wit me, as it reflected Gandhiji’s immortal words ‘Be the Change that you would like to see in the world’ in an entertaining and engaging way,” Paes said.
Although he had been offered his first film since 1996, he was too engrossed in Tennis and self admittedly, not ‘ready’ to take the plunge.
He believes that one of his strength is to connect with people and he looked at different medium to do that. Tennis was one such medium and now its films, starting off as a common man in ‘Rajdhani Express’.
Paes said that he has always loved watching films and found the power to transport to another world exhilarating.