MUMBAI: UTV is readying to release Tigmanshu Dulia’s Paan Singh Tomar on 2 March. The film has been lying in the cans for two years.

Starring Irrfan Khan and Mahie Gill, the film is based on the life of athlete Paan Singh, a subedar in the army who turns a dacoit. Khan plays the dacoit while Gill plays his wife.

It is said that Dhulia researched on the subject for two years before he visited Singh’s village in Bhind while Khan trained rigorously with steeplechase coaches.

Shot on actual locations in Chambal and Roorkee, the film has been produced by UTV Motion Pictures.

Incidentally, the film premiered at the British Film Institute London Festival in 2010.