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Paes branches out to another hobby
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Leander Paes is well known for his multiple doubles Grand Slams. His highest ranking ever achieved was the World’s number 1 in doubles player in 1999. He recently won the doubles titles for the Australian Open and Wimbledon. Needless to say, Paes is looking pretty good in the tennis world.
“One of my strengths is to be able to connect with people, so I look at different mediums to do that. Tennis is one such medium and now, movies will be,” he adds.
His cause seems pretty noble- Leander says that he lives by Gandhiji’s saying to “Be the change that you would like to see in the world.” Pretty deep stuff Leander! But what if his change in career choice is bad and his acting is terrible and his movies don’t go anywhere?
“I’m already living a sport where my position changes every Monday. I’m already in a cut-throat business and that too on an international stage. But I’m fearless. No matter what happens, the audience will get passion, dedication and hard work. Whether I’m an actor or not is left to be seen. I’m starting at zero."
‘Fearless?’ We’ll see how the tennis star does at acting in Rajdhani Express, where he plays your common, everyday man. That’s pretty much the opposite of his actual life, where people ask to take a picture with him and sign an autograph for them everywhere he goes. As for the second film, Leander says he can’t say much about it, just that it won’t be the Leader we’re used to.
We’ll just have to wait to watch his movies; hopefully they don’t turn out like Wimbledon…
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