Dhoni in Hook Ya Crook

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is finally to be seen on the big screen in his upcoming Hook Ya Crook which is a cricket-based film. UTV, who had earlier made Goal, a football- based film, want Hook Ya Crook to be an authentic cricket film. The climax will be a huge cricket match

Dhoni has a full-fledged role in the movie and is being brought on board to share the field and cinema space with the rest of the cast and also to help his colleagues give a believable spin to the game.

David Dhawan, the director of the film said that Cricket does play a very important part in his film. This would be his most uncharacteristic film, very different from the comedies he is associated with. John Abraham and Uday Chopra will come together again after Dhoom. And Aditya Pancholi has a very important role.
The film, Hook Ya Crook, is hugely inspired from the 1981 Hollywood film, Escape To Victory, which featured football star Pele. The film was about a group of prisoners escaping from a World War 2 prison camp while playing a football match. Writer Rensil D’Silva has adapted the film for an Indian audience.

While the prison set is currently being built by art director Samir Chanda in Hyderabad, all the actors have been asked to brush up on their high-school cricket.