The Baddest Man on the Planet is going Bollywood.
Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight boxing champ, has signed up to groove to Indian pop music in a promotional video for a film about a diamond heist.
Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson exits the Maricopa County Superior Court in Mesa, Ariz., after a court appearance Thursday regarding drugs charges. He will soon be dancing in Bollywood.
(Associated Press)
"It's finalized," said N. Chattani, who is handling publicity for Fool and Final. "Tyson will be shooting the music promo with the entire cast."
Tyson, 40, will fly to India later this month to dance with the cast of Fool and Final to a tune composed by popular Indian singer Himesh Reshammiya.
Action hero Sunny Deol stars as a boxer in the film, directed by Ahmed Khan. Deol made his name in a series of angry young man roles, but is turning his comic skills to this role as a strongman who helps foil a diamond heist.
"The movie is a laugh riot, and the filmmakers thought Tyson would be great in the promo," Chattani said.
Tyson was just 20 in 1986 when he became the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in history.
He earned the nicknames Kid Dynamite and the Baddest Man on the Planet. After converting to Islam, Tyson now calls himself Malik Abdul Aziz.
However, his reputation has been tarnished by a series of brushes with the law, including a rape conviction in Indiana in 1992.
In 1997, Tyson's career hit a low point when he bit Evander Holyfield's ear during a fight and was suspended from boxing for a year.
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