Jalebi actor Varun Mitra turns football coach for ZEE5's Bombers

Director Vishal Puri had watched me on Ted Talks where I spoke about a football memory. Sapna Pabbi (Breathe actress) had also mentioned my name and they got inquisitive," he said. The actor, a Delhi boy, said he plays cricket, table tennis and squash, but had to brush up techniques before shooting. "We had a coach and I had to work on a free kick. I put in eight hours of practice every day. In Mumbai we play for 90 minutes on a small turf. The shooting took me back to school days. "We are as much a football-crazy country as we are mad for cricket. Living in urban cities, we have access to designated turfs and grounds. But while scouting locations for the show, we realised there is a genuine dearth of proper football fields across small-town India. The fields that exist are not maintained and are risky to play on. I hope, through our show, people get inspired to create and preserve more grounds," he added. Speaking about hisfuture plans, Varun said he "would love to do a biopic, maybe on a cricketer like Virat (Kohli)" some day. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://www.trakyadans.com/UserProfile/tabid/57/userId/150624/Default.aspx