Mumbai: Actor Shahid Kapoor is preparing hard for the Hindi remake of Telegu film Jersey. He has started training to hone his cricketing skills for the role of a cricketer in the movie.
Talking about the film, Shahid said: "It took me some time to decide what to do next after Kabir Singh. But the minute I saw Jersey, I knew I wanted it to be my next. It is a wonderful inspiring and personal human journey that I connected with deeply. "
According to a source, Shahid is "learning the ropes of playing a cricketer on screen by regularly going for the cricket sessions."
Also, the film's shoot will start in Chandigarh this month.
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A picture of Shahid taking cricket training is out. In the image, he is seen holding a bat in his hands.
Jersey will be directed by Gowtam Tinnanauri who helmed the original as well. On casting Shahid in the movie, Gowtham had earlier said that he is upbeat about taking his film to a larger audience with the Hindi remake.
"I'm really looking forward to remaking my film Jersey in Hindi and taking it to national audiences and there is no one better than Shahid Kapoor to recreate the magic of the original for Hindi audiences," Gowtam had said on Shahid being roped in to headline the film.
Jersey in Hindi is being produced by Allu Aravind, Aman Gill, Dil Raju. The film is scheduled to release on August 28, 2020.
With inputs from IANS
