Salman Khan: 'I would like to produce a film based on sports'

Salman Khan has said he is eager to star in a sports-based movie.

The actor was speaking at the music unveiling of the forthcoming sports-based film Khwaabb.

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Speaking to IANS he said: I have played almost all kinds of sports. I have done swimming, have played football. I even used to play cricket."

The actor added that "sports should be encouraged" in India.

The 48-year-old said that the film reflects the experience of sportsmen in India, who are forced to contend with inadequate training facilities and lack encouragement.

"When you will watch such films (like Khwaabb ), you will realise that there are no facilities as such, no facilities for training (for the sportspersons) and if there won't be any facility, how will our sportspersons will perform better?

"And when they (sportspersons) do not perform in Olympics and such other sports or do not win a medal, then we criticise them and say 'You didn't win even a single medal'. There is food problem, people are not getting jobs. There is no encouragement," he added.

Starring Navdip Singh, Simer Motiani, Rishi Miglani and Nafisa Ali, Khwaabb tells the story of two athletes, their struggles, ambitions and aspirations.

Khwaabb is scheduled for release on May 9.

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