Maidaan shoot: Ajay Devgn, Keerthy Suresh wrap up Mumbai schedule

The lead actors of the sports biographical drama Maidaan are done with the first schedule of their shoot in Mumbai, earlier this week.

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn and South actress Keerthy Suresh have recently wrapped up shooting the second schedule of their upcoming film Maidaan.

The Drishyam actor and the Mahanati actress wrapped the film's Mumbai schedule earlier this week.

With this project, Ajay and Keerthy will be sharing screen space for the first time.

The actors will be filming the next schedule of the movie from November 3, 2019, in Kolkata.

Helmed by the Badhaai Ho director Amit Ravindrenath Sharma, the film is based on the 'golden years of Indian football'.

Announcing the news on Twitter, film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote: "Ajay Devgn’s next film #Maidaan - based on the sport #football - wrapped its second schedule in #Mumbai... Next schedule in #Kolkata from 3 Nov 2019... Costars Keerthy Suresh... Directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma."

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Ajay Devgn will be seen essaying the role of the legendary coach Syed Abdul Rahim, who is said to be the founding father of Indian football.

Rahim was an Indian football coach who also served the Indian national team as the manager from 1950 to 1963, until his death. He is also regarded as the architect of modern Indian football.

Shooting an important football sequence, the makers of the film built a massive set in Mukesh Mills, Mumbai.

The makers have also arranged for a talented VFX team and a sports choreographer from Los Angeles to get the most out of the football sequence.

Jointly produced by Zee Studios, Boney Kapoor, Akash Chawla and Arunava Joy Sengupta, the dialogues of the film are written by Ritesh Shah.

The screenplay of the film is penned by Saiwyn Quadros.