Jonty Rhodes reveals Gully Boy gave him goosebumps

South African cricket commentator Jonty Rhodes was overwhelmed with emotions after watching Zoya Akhtar's Gully Boy. He revealed that the film's soundtrack has been on his playlist ever since he met Siddhant last year.

Mumbai: South African fielding great Jonty Rhodes finally got to watch the Ranveer Singh starrer Gully Boy, which left him with goosebumps. He also said that the film made him laugh and cry at the same time.

Rhodes wrote on Twitter that ever since he met actor Siddhant Chaturvedi, he had been listening to the film's soundtrack.

He tweeted on Friday: "Been listening to the #GullyBoy soundtrack ever since meeting @SiddhantChturvD last year at an event, finally got to watch the entire movie on my @emirates to India last night."

"Thanks to subtitles, I laughed; cried and had goosebumps @RanveerOfficial @aliaa08 @kalkikanmani," he wrote.

• Been listening to the #GullyBoy soundtrack ever since meeting @SiddhantChturvD last year at an event, finally got to watch the entire movie on my @emirates to India last night. Thanks to subtitles, I laughed; cried and had goosebumps @RanveerOfficial @aliaa08 @kalkikanmani

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  Been listening to the #GullyBoy soundtrack ever since meeting @SiddhantChturvD last year at an event, finally got to watch the entire movie on my @emirates to India last night. Thanks to subtitles, I laughed; cried and had goosebumps @RanveerOfficial @aliaa08 @kalkikanmani

  — Jonty Rhodes (@JontyRhodes8) January 17, 2020

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  Been listening to the #GullyBoy soundtrack ever since meeting @SiddhantChturvD last year at an event, finally got to watch the entire movie on my @emirates to India last night. Thanks to subtitles, I laughed; cried and had goosebumps @RanveerOfficial @aliaa08 @kalkikanmani

  — Jonty Rhodes (@JontyRhodes8) January 17, 2020

Siddhant, who played the character of MC Sher in Gully Boy, replied: "I am already excited! I'll be the lucky mascot!"

Gully Boy is based on the lives of rappers Naved Shaikh, popularly known as Naezy and Divine (Vivian Fernandes).

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In the film, Ranveer's character used rap as a tool to express his views on society and life in Dharavi, one of the largest slums of Asia. The film became a superhit on release in February 2019.

Gully Boy became India's official entry to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category last year but failed to make in the final list.

With inputs from IANS.