Cricketers in movies: Stars who appeared on the 70 mm screen

Cricketers are multi talented professionals. Apart from playing cricket, cricketers have been known to show interest in other fields as well.Be that painting, music, writing and even, boxing.

Some cricketers on the other hand got attracted to the shine and glamor of movie industry, especially Bollywood.
Here are 10 cricketers who tried their luck in Bollywood and TV.

1. Salim Durrani

The tall and handsome Salim Durrani was a mercurial left handed all rounder and was known to hit sixes at the request of the fans.
He was the first cricketer to play a lead role in a Hindi movie. He debuted in B.R.Ishara`s Charitra in 1973 opposite Parveen Babi.

Here’s clip of him talking about how he used to hit sixes on demand.