Bollywood plays a Game Changer for Sports

October 8, 2014October 8, 2014 prerna 0 Comment aamir khan, abhishek Bachchan, akshay kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, honey singh, JOHN ABRAHAM, Juhi Chawla, katrina kaif, preity zinta, Raj Kundra, ranbir kapoor, salman khan, shah rukh khan, Shilpa Shetty, suniel shetty

Finally, they’ve moved beyond cricket!

From Amitabh Bachchan to John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan, Bollywood stars are imparting their star power to games like football, shooting and kabaddi to give these deserted sports the much needed support.
They are either endorsing a game they love or purchasing franchises in diverse sporting leagues or even fetching leagues to the country. Though ways are many, but the aim is one – to propagate a sporting culture.

JOHN ABRAHAM – FIFA World Cup,2014

For John, it’s ‘football football’ everywhere. The actor-producer, also the brand ambassador of the FIFA World Cup,2014 recently purchased the Guwahati franchise of the Indian Super League (ISL). His home production “1911” will see him recapitulate late Indian footballer Sibdas Bhaduri on the silver screen.He is also pleased when celebrities are getting together to promote sports.

“It’s a great time. I think any kind of eyeballs for a sport is a welcome change. We’re very happy that people are promoting sport – be it kabaddi, football, badminton or hockey, golf and boxing. I wish to promote so much more,” John said.

RANBEER KAPOOR – Indian Super League

RKMCFCTeam — Ranbir and Bimal Parekh have the Mumbai team

Ranbir Kapoor and Salman Khan are two other contendors who own their teams in ISL. Ranbir and Bimal Parekh, a chartered accountant, who manages celebrities like Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif, have the Mumbai franchise. An ardent football fan, Ranbir had earlier said: “As a partner in the Indian Super League, I am looking forward to translating my passion into contributing to the growth of the sport.”

SALMAN KHAN – Indian Super League

Salman khan and Wadhawan Group to get the Pune team

Salman has joined hands with Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan of the Wadhawan Group to get the Pune team in the eight-team opening professional football league.

AMITABH BACHCHAN – Women Shooters

While superstar Amitabh Bachchan is himself engrossed in the joys of watching the FIFA World Cup matches, he has also decided to encourage the training of two women shooters – Ayonika Paul and Pooja Ghatkar.

ABHISHEK BACHCHAN – Jaipur Pink Panthers,

His son, Abhishek Bachchan, in fact, has gone much more ahead and acquired the Jaipur franchise of Pro-Kabaddi, a professional kabaddi league. His team is called Jaipur Pink Panthers, while the Mumbai franchise has been purchased by founder and former CEO of UTV Group, Ronnie Screwvala.

HONEY SINGH – Global Fighting Championship (GFC)

Yo Yo Honey Singh into MMA, working on Global Fighting Championship

Then, superstar rapper, Yo Yo Honey Singh, has also joined this brigade and has started Global Fighting Championship (GFC), a boxing league in Dubai. He has plans to bring the event to India.”Just as I have broken the monopoly of film music as being synonymous with popular music in our country, I want to prove that cricket is not the only glamorous sport,” said rapper Honey Singh.

AKSHAY KUMAR – Akshay Kumar Kudo Tournament

Bollywood’s very own ‘khiladi’ Akshay Kumar hosts an annual Akshay Kumar Kudo Tournament, a karate championship

SRK – JUHI – PREITY – SHILPA : Indian Premier League (IPL)

While in cricket, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has names like Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Shilpa Shetty and Preity Zinta related with it.

SANJAY DUTT & RAJ KUNDRA – Super Fight League

Sanjay Dutt and business tycoon Raj Kundra, have joined hands to promote Boxing , had launched the Super Fight League in 2012.

It’s a favourable start to a phase where Bollywood and sports – two of the most treasured fields – have come together for the promotion of games.