Within four days of the video going viral, the three-minute trailer of 'Sourav Ganguly - The Movie' has had more than 250,000 hits on YouTube so far.
The vedio, which highlights Ganguly's leadership, man management and crisis management skills, has been uploaded by a private health insurance company that wants to develop elements of this movie later on in the form of short videos for the cyberworld.
"We intend to share these films with the public at large, so that Ganguly's fans may also enjoy them. We are very excited about creating these 'webisodes' over a period of time," said Apollo Munich Health Insurance's CEO Antony Jacob.
Interestingly, the film will also be used for internal training and motivation purposes by the company, which had recently signed Ganguly as their brand ambassador for three years.
Drawing a parallel with the dropping of Ganguly, often referred to as the 'Royal Bengal Tiger', after a fallout with coach Greg Chappel with the killing of tigers in the country, the film salutes the never-say-die attitude of the cricketer by presenting him as a superstar. (MORE)