Harbhajan Singh talks about Tamil debut film 'Friendship', says he can pass off as student

'Turbanator' Harbhajan Singh, in conversation with an entertainment daily, joked about his stint in Punjabi films and w, Tamil films and said that Khans can take care of Hindi films. cricketer-turned-actor will soon feature in his first south Indian film where he will be essaying role of an engineering student who hails from Punjab. He is all set to star in Tamil film Friendship helmed by John Paul Raj and Sham Surya.

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During  interaction, ace cricketer also claimed that he is fit eugh to pass off as a college student in film. Harbhajan revealed that he felt immense love from people of Chennai when he played IPL matches as a part of Chennai Super Kings and that has influenced his decision to venture in Tamil films. He has previously acted in a couple of Punjabi films too and has claimed that even though he understands a few words of Tamil, he would need a translator on set while filming for Tamil film.

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film Friendship will be Harbhajan’s full-fledged film as an actor in south industry. He is also aware that many cricketers have tried ir luck in acting but haven’t been successful. He revealed that his wife actor Geeta Basra h asked him t to get into film business as it is very different than his actual profession as a cricketer. He ded that it was his decision to join films so that he can at least get some experience of profession.

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Harbhajan also spoke about wanting to try something new during 10 months of his life when he's t playing in IPL matches. Acting in films has been solely an experimental interest for him and he claimed that he has t thought of pursuing it as a career. Tamil film Friendship has only been shot for two days until w and rest will be completed after nationwide lockdown is lifted.

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