Shahid Kapoor wraps up 'Jersey' shooting amid COVID crisis; calls it 'a short of miracle'

Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor on Monday took to his social media handle and shared a post to anunce wrap of his upcoming sports-drama film, Jersey. In picture-post, a man, presumably Shahid Kapoor, is seen standing at a corner of a cricket stadium while looking around. In a brief caption, Shahid Kapoor showered praises on cast and crew of upcoming film while sharing his experience of working amid global pandemic. 

Shahid Kapoor wraps up Jersey

39-year-old actor's caption read, "It’s a film wrap on #jersey .... 47 days of shoot during covid. Just unbelievable. I am so proud of entire team. It’s thing short of a miracle". [sic] He furr added, "I want to thank each and everyone from unit for coming to set every day, putting mselves at risk and doing what we all love doing. Telling stories that touch hearts and make a difference. Jersey is a story that speaks of a Phoenix rising from ashes". [sic[

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Elaborating furr, Jab We Met actor also shared an update on his upcoming project and wrote, " triumph of an indomitable spirit. If re was ever a time I could connect with underlying spirit of a film this was it". [sic] Interestingly, before signing off, Kapoor asserted, "As we all fight through this pandemic. Let’s always remember. This shall pass too. Here’s to my best filmmaking experience yet. Here’s to Jersey ... we shall overcome !!!!" [sic]. To complete his caption, he also tagged makers and cast of Jersey. 

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Within a couple of hours, Udta Punjab actor's post mand to garner more than 460k double-taps; and is still counting. On or hand, a section of fans from his 29.8M followers on photo-sharing platform flooded comments section with various emoticons, including red-heart, heart-eye and fire, among many ors. Meanwhile, a handful of netizens wished luck to Kapoor for Jersey.

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Jersey Cast and Jersey Plot

Jersey cast, Super 30 actor Mmrunal Thakur will be seen playing female lead in movie while Pankaj Tripathi will essay a pivotal character. film is a Hindi remake of a Telugu film of same name, which released in 2019.  Gowtam Tinnanauri directorial was scheduled to hit atres this year in August. new release date of film is yet to be anunced.

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