Jhund movie to feature Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Amitabh Bachchan

Jhund is an upcoming Indian biographical sports drama. It is based on life of Vijay Barse, a retired sports teacher and a social worker. Mr Barse founded an NGO for destitute children kwn as Slum Soccer. Vijay Barse and his NGO were also featured in an episode on Aamir Khan’s show, Satyameva Jayate. Reportedly, Aamir Khan had personally urged actor Amitabh Bachchan to take up  movie Jhund.

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Jhund movie cast

Amitabh Bachchan will play lead role in movie. Sairaat actors Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar will also star in upcoming sports biopic. Nagraj Manjule, director of Sairaat, has directed Jhund. Actor Ganesh Deshmukh will also be featured in movie. filming of movie began in December 2018. shooting has w been wrapped up. Producer Bhushan Kumar shared release date and official poster of movie on Twitter. poster features Amitabh Bachchan, as he is lifted in air by a group of people. movie is set to release on September 20, 2019. 

Considering that Amitabh Bachchan is latest recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2019, it is likely that Jhund movie will garner even more attention than team expected. With such talented cast and crew having worked on movie, movie is reportedly expected to be a masterpiece.

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