Amitabh Bachchan shoots for last shots of Jhund

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will be filming the last shots for his upcoming film Jhund tonight. The actor shared the news on Twitter.

Mumbai: Amitabh Bachchan was snapped at Mumbai airport while he was heading to shoot the last shots for his upcoming film Jhund.

Big B took to his Twitter to share a picture of himself from the airport captioning it, "Striding out of the end of another .. last shots tonight for JHUND."

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  T 3275 - striding out of the end of another .. last shots tonight for JHUND .. 💞🙏 pic.twitter.com/JfU7q79PxO

  — Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 31, 2019

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  T 3275 - striding out of the end of another .. last shots tonight for JHUND .. 💞🙏 pic.twitter.com/JfU7q79PxO

  — Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 31, 2019

In the picture, the Badla actor can be seen sporting a casual look with a zipper along with pants teamed with white shoes.

Jhund is helmed by Sairat fame director Nagraj Manjule who will mark his Bollywood directorial debut with the film.

The film is reportedly based on the life of Vijay Barse, a retired sports teacher who motivates the street children to form a soccer team and founder of an NGO called Slum Soccer in Nagpur.

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The sports biopic had earlier been postponed on an indefinite note. Scheduled to go on floors in October 2017, the film got pushed for February 2018.

The shooting of Jhund was wrapped up back in January as Big B shared a heartfelt post on the film's wrap up.

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  ... the completion of JHUND .. and on to BRAHMASTRA .. emotive and withdrawal symptoms with one ; anticipation and apprehension for the other ..🌺🌷💕

  A post shared by Amitabh Bachchan (@amitabhbachchan) on Jan 11, 2019 at 11:54am PST

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  ... the completion of JHUND .. and on to BRAHMASTRA .. emotive and withdrawal symptoms with one ; anticipation and apprehension for the other ..🌺🌷💕

  A post shared by Amitabh Bachchan (@amitabhbachchan) on Jan 11, 2019 at 11:54am PST

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  ... the completion of JHUND .. and on to BRAHMASTRA .. emotive and withdrawal symptoms with one ; anticipation and apprehension for the other ..🌺🌷💕

  A post shared by Amitabh Bachchan (@amitabhbachchan) on Jan 11, 2019 at 11:54am PST

The film starring Bachchan in the role of a tribal teacher will also feature Akash Thosar and Rinku Rajguru in pivotal roles.

Jointly produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Raaj Hiremath, Savita Raj Hiremath and Nagraj Manjule, the film is distributed by UTV Motion Pictures.

Jhund is set to release on September20, 2019, under the banners of T series, Tandav Films and Aatpaat productions.

Meanwhile, Amitabh will also be seen in Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor starrer Brahmastra bankrolled by Dharma Productions.