Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan’s upcoming film Jhund finally gets a release date and will be hitting the cinema screens on September 20 this year.
Noted film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter and shared the details with fans.
Jhund release date out
He wrote: “Release date finalised… #Jhund, starring Amitabh Bachchan and directed by #Sairat director Nagraj Manjule, to release on 20 Sept 2019… Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Raaj Hiremath, Savita Raj Hiremath and Nagraj Manjule.”
Release date finalised… #Jhund, starring Amitabh Bachchan and directed by #Sairat director Nagraj Manjule, to release on 20 Sept 2019… Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Raaj Hiremath, Savita Raj Hiremath and Nagraj Manjule. pic.twitter.com/iPMaIyT8Z9
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) February 19, 2019
In the film, Amitabh essays the role of a soccer coach who motivates slum children to play soccer and becomes the founder of the village kids team of football.
The movie is based on 73-year old Vijay Barse, a man who had changed the lives of hundreds of slum children through soccer. A retired sports teacher, Vijay founded an NGO called Slum Soccer and managed to rehabilitate street kids by keeping them off drugs and crime by turning them into soccer players and eventually building a whole team.
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The film will be directed by Nagraj Manjule and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Raaj Hiremath, Savita Raj Hiremath.