After the controversial role of “Kabir Singh”, Shahid Kapoor is once again ready to hit the screens in his next film “Jersey”. This is a Hindi language sports movie. It is also an official remake of the 2019 Telugu movie of the same name. The film would also feature other casts like Mrunal Thakur, Pankaj Kapoor, Mohan Kapoor, Rohan Shah, Chetna Pande, Rajesh Sharma, Sudhangshu Pande, Shishir Sharma et al.

The film has been produced by Allu Aravind, Aman Gill, Dil Raju, and Bhowmik Gondaliya under the banners of Geetha Arts and Sri Venkateswara Creations. The music of the film has been composed by Sachet-Parampara. Sanu Varghese took good care of cinematography. One would see the father-son duo of Shahid Kapoor and Pankaj Kapoor in the film after four years of “Shaandaar”. “Super 30”-fame Mrunal Thakur is also ready to appear on the celluloid opposite Shahid Kapoor. The film is scheduled to release on 28 August, 2020.

The film is based in 1990s Chandigarh. It is about a cricketer in his mid 30s who goes against all odds and obstacles and began playing for his country at an age when most people retire from this profession. Shahid Kapoor had to go through a training of two months for practice. He expressed his excitement at social media about how he had to take regular cricket session and also shared a clip of his practice.

The movie has been directed and written by Gowtham Tinnanuri. The Telugu version of Jersey has also been directed by him only which got a lot of appraisal and he can’t wait to see the reaction from the Hindi audience. The film has covered some beautiful places of Chandigarh which includes a heart melting house in center of the city. Shooting of the film began on 14December, 2020.