E13 Shiva Thappa

U • Sports • Non Fiction • 2020

Shiva Thapa – this boxing poster boy from Guwahati is a twotime Olympian and among the country’s youngest boxers to do so. Shiva fights in the Bantamweight Category and is 7th in the AIBA ranking . He started boxing at an early age and was heavily inspired by the Legendary Mike Tyson. His father was...

Director: Kapish Mehra

Actors:

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Language

Hindi

Release Date

10 August 2020

Genre

Sports, Non Fiction

Director

Kapish Mehra

Actors