Published 13:12 IST, January 20th 2020
Amitabh Bachchan shares the first look of Jhund; teaser to release tomorrow
Amitabh Bachchan took to his Twitter to share the first poster of his upcoming film Jhund. It is also reported that the teaser will be releasing on January 21.
Amitabh Bachchan is busy shooting for the various films he will be seen in 2020. Jhund is one such film in which he will be seen as a leading character. The veteran actor took to Twitter to share the first poster of the film and also announced other details with it. Here is what Amitabh Bachchan shared:
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Amitabh Bachchan shares first look of his upcoming film Jundh
In this tweet, we can see Amitabh Bachchan is seen a blue hoodie. He is seen facing the wall and slums where he is looking at a football. The title of the film is written on Amitabh Bachchan’s hoodie in this sketch-like poster. It is speculated that this film is based on the life of Vijay Barse, who is known as the founder of Slum Soccer.
Vijay Barse is a retired sports teacher who founded an NGO called Slum Soccer. Under this foundation, he took in street kids who were hooked on drugs and rehabilitated them to turn them into soccer players. He built a whole team out of the children he rehabilitated, and this film will cover this story. He managed to rehabilitate street kids by keeping them off drugs and crime by turning them into soccer players and building a whole team.
It is reported that many on-set pictures surfaced the internet, but this is the first official picture of the film to be released. The teaser of the film will be releasing on January 21, 2020. In the tweet, Amitabh Bachchan wrote “JHUND ... झुंड !! ... JHUND ... झुंड !!”. The film is produced by Bhushan Kumar of T-Series, Tandav Film Entertainment & Aatpat. The film will be directed by Nagraj Popatrao Manjule.
Image courtesy: Amitabh Bachchan Twitter
Updated 13:26 IST, January 21st 2020