Heres when Ajay Devgns sports biopic by "Badhaai Ho" director Amit Sharma will go on floors

Here's when Ajay Devgn's sports biopic by 'Badhaai Ho' director Amit Sharma will go on floors

In July 2018, Arjun Kapoor announced his dad Boney Kapoor's upcoming production based on Indian Football from 1951 to 1962. He posted the first look of the film on his Instagram page and wrote, "My father the man who never gives up or caves in he’s bringing A super talented team together to showcase the life of India's legendary football coach, Syed Abdul Rahim! A collaboration between #BoneyKapoor, @zeestudiosofficial & @freshlimefilms. Starring @ajaydevgn, directed by #AmitSharma, screenplay by @saiwyn, and dialogues by @writish1"

Amit Sharma, who directed 2018 blockbuster Badhaai Ho will be helming this project. During a recent interaction with an agency, when Amit was asked about the film, he stated, "My next film is a football-related film. It’s a period film... we will start shooting the film in the next two to three months around May or June."

In the film, Ajay Devgn will be seen playing the role of Syed Abdul Rahim who was a coach and manager of the Indian national football team.

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My father the man who never gives up or caves in he’s bringing A super talented team together to showcase the life of India's legendary football coach, Syed Abdul Rahim! A collaboration between #BoneyKapoor , @zeestudiosofficial & @freshlimefilms. Starring @ajaydevgn , directed by #AmitSharma , screenplay by @saiwyn , and dialogues by @writish1

A post shared by Arjun Kapoor (@arjunkapoor) on Jul 13, 2018 at 6:09am PDT

Amit was also asked about 'content-driven' films working at the box office. To which he replied, "I think it’s a really nice time for cinema. We are getting to hear and watch good and unconventional stories and I am happy that those films are doing well at the box office. I think people are going to theatres to watch those films, that’s why they are doing good business."

Talking about Ajay, apart from this film, the actor has Tanaji and De De Pyaar De to be released this year.




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