Streamer giant ZEE5 brings audiences the intriguing and untold story of Lee-Hesh (Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi) in 'Break Point', a 7-part series that not only constructed their epic tennis matches but also deconstructed their relationship, both on and off the court. Check out audience reactions here.
Co-directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and Nitesh Tiwari, 'Break Point' is the untold 'Bromance to Breakup' story, based on the iconic on-court partnership and off-court lives of Indian tennis stars Bupathi and Paes, which will premiere on ZEE5 on October 1.
Break Point: The trailer also features tennis icons Sania Mirza, Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan among other family and friends and goes on to show Lee-Hesh's iconic partnership of successful tennis players from India.
Once the poster boys for the sport in the country, being nicknamed the "Indian Express", they played together from 1994 to 2006 and reunited for their second stint from 2008 to 2011.
First look of upcoming non-fiction "Break Point" unveiled, based on lives of tennis champions Leander Paes-Mahesh Bhupathi.
The series, backed by the couple's banner Earthsky Pictures, aims to chronicle the "untold story of Paes and Bhupathi", who were the first Indian pair to win at the Wimbledon in 1999. The filmmaker took to Instagram and posted a picture with Nitesh, Paes and Bhupathi.
Lara Dutta and Mahesh Bhupathi make a super couple together in Bollywood. One has been crowned with the Miss Universe title in the year 2000 while the other is the first Indian to win a tennis Grand Slam tournament. The two met each other for the first time at a business meeting in Mahesh Bhupathi’s sports company. The two got married in 2011 in a simple Church wedding in Bandra, which was followed by a destination wedding in Goa. The two are parents to a lovely young lady, Saira. The wedding was made memorable by the vows they took for one another. Today, as Lara Dutta turns a year older, we will take you into the blissful journey of the actress and Mahesh Bhupathi’s love story.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Divij Sharan can't exactly tell how much they would lose but considering the fact that they are consistently in contention to be in Grand Slam main draws, the massive financial hit is not difficult to assess.
The video, which the legendary Paes shared on his Twitter handle, has him and Mahesh volleying a tennis ball on the wall with a frying pan with the iconic song 'Yeh Dosti Hum Na Chhodenge' from the movie 'Sholay' playing in the background.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi reminisced the old days as the duo took part in the Frying Pan challenge.
India's tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi took the 'Frying Pan' challenge after ATP posted a video of Leander Paes volleying with a frying pan.
Indian tennis star Leander Paes slammed no-look volleys as he took the 'Frying Pan' challenge.
Bhupathi said that a prolonged break would be disastrous for a majority of players around the world who are living from paycheck to paycheck.
The 46-year-old won the do-or-die doubles tie with Rohan Bopanna in India's Davis Cup Qualifiers against Croatia in Zagreb.
Bhupathi was removed from the captain's position by the All India Tennis Association (AITA) for refusing to travel to Pakistan for a Davis Cup tie on security grounds.
Bhupathi and some senior players had refused to travel to Pakistan before the International Tennis Federation (ITF) shifted the tie out of Islamabad to a neutral venue.
AITA secretary general Hironmoy Chatterjee said that Mahesh Bhupathi had made himself unavailable for India's Davis Cup tie with Pakistan and was replaced by Rohit Rajpal.
The AITA had picked Rohit Rajpal as the non-playing captain on Monday before the ITF shifted the tie out of Islamabad to a neutral venue, acknowledging the security concerns raised by India.
According to well-placed sources, the deteriorating relationship between the two countries is their main concern and the Indian players have written to the AITA requesting them to change the venue.
'Are Tennis players not citizens of India?', asks an official as Mahesh Bhupathi, among other players have asked the AITA to shift the venue for the Davis Cup tie from Pakistan.
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