Darshan Kumar to star in Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's 'Sarabjit' biopic

Darshan Kumar, who rose to fame with the Priyanka Chopra-starrer Mary Kom, has bagged something big for his next big role, as he will be seen in Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's much talked about biopic on Sarabjit Singh.

Insiders revealed that Darshan will be playing Khalid Pervaiz, a Pakistani lawyer, who was a big supporter of Sarabjit's sister's fight to free him from the Pakistani jail. The news was also confirmed by the director Omung Kumar, who said  the NH10 star gave an outstanding performance in his previous flick, so he was certain that he would take him for his upcoming flick.

The biopic Sarbjit is expected to be released in May 2016.