Salim Durani was the first Indian cricketer to star in a major Bollywood flick. The big hitting all-rounder featured in
Charitra with Parveen Babi.
While Sandeep Patil played the lead role in
Kabhi ajnabee the, Syed Kirmani played the bad guy with the golden heart and Sunil gavaskar too did a cameo.
Ajay Jadeja post an untimely retirement tried his hand at acting and got a great launch in a Suniel Shetty produced film -
Khel. But the film fell flat at the box office and with it ended Jadeja's tinsel town dreams.
Kapil Dev has graced the silver screen with special appearences in
Mujhse shaadi karogi and
Iqbal. It is also rumoured that the former all-rounder may act in a film with none other than Dharmendra. (Photo: Kamal Sharma)