New Delhi, Aug 31 (UNI) Shahid Kapoor, who is all set to play boxer Ngangom Dingko Singh aka Dingko Singh in Raja Krishna Menon's next, said his life story is unbelievably crazy and such amazing stories of heroes need to be told.

'The thing that I loved about this story is that he is one of those superstars who we don’t know much about. If a film like Dangal (2016) wasn't made, we wouldn’t know as much about the Phogat sisters. Dingko is a cancer survivor and he went through 13 rounds of chemotherapy. He even went on to say that his biggest victory was surviving cancer and not the gold medal he won at the age of 19 at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok,' Shahid said.

'In 2017, Gautam Gambhir became aware of his situation and sent money for his treatment. Soon, people found out who he was, and 13 doctors came forward to help him. He is a sports star who survived cancer. At some point in his past, he had almost become a Naxalite. His life story is unbelievably crazy; it is very human and extremely inspiring. Such amazing stories of heroes need to be told,' he said.

Ngangom Dingko Singh, who hails from Manipur, was the first and only Asian gold medal winner boxer from India in the Bantamweight category.

Being a former Indian Navy officer, he was also awarded with the highest civilian honor Padma Shri in the year 2013.

He is also a cancer survivor but he has struggled to fight the ailment not just physically but also financially.

Kapoor has already started with the preparations of the film. He is expected to kick off the biopic on Dingko Singh by the end of this year.

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