New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) During the current Ranji season, a star son has been launched. But for 25-year-old Agni Dev Chopra, he never had the luxury of a re-take that his film-maker father Vidhu Vinod Chopra has had throughout his illustrious career.

He will always have one ball with his name written on it, but for now, the world is ready to “judge” a privileged kid, who is also “passionate about cricket”.

For Agni Dev though, it has been about making a statement on the 22 yards and five first-class hundreds for Mizoram in the Ranji Trophy at least make it very clear that he is more than a decent cricketer with a potential to get better.

Even though the runs came in Plate Group, comprising mainly northeastern states, a tally of 767 runs from four games, with scores like 166 and 92, 164, 114, 105 and 101, is as good as it gets.

Agni Dev could have taken the more glamorous route and enter Tinsel Town, but he did not.

“So I have been asked this question from childhood that will you go into movies but I never thought I would ever be in movies. I never thought that, oh, I should get in because my dad makes movies and it will be an easy avenue for me.

“I was never interested in movies. I mean I love watching movies and have a great time but it was never my passion,” the eloquent Agni Dev told

Source: PTI News