Jhund (film)

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Jhund
Jhund Film Poster.jpg
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Directed byNagraj Manjule
Produced by
StarringAmitabh Bachchan
Akash Thosar
Rinku Rajguru
CinematographySudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
Edited byKutub Inamdar
Vaibhav Dabhade
Music byAjay-Atul
Production
companies
T-Series
Tandav Films Entertainment Pvt.Ltd
Aatpaat Films
Distributed byPVR Pictures
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Jhund (transl. Crowd) is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language sports film based on the life of Vijay Barse, the founder of NGO Slum Soccer. The film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akash Thosar and Rinku Rajguru is directed by Nagraj Manjule.[1] The biographical sports-drama is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Raaj Hiremath, Savita Hiremath, Nagraj Manjule, Gargee Kulkarni, Sandip Ssingh and Meenu Arora under the banner of T-Series, Tandav Films Entertainment Pvt.Ltd and Aatpat Films. In the film Bachchan plays a professor who motivates the street children to form a football team. The filming began in December 2018 at Nagpur.[2] The film was scheduled for release on 18 June 2021.[3]

Cast[]

Production[]

The filming of Jhund began in December 2018 at Nagpur. The story of the film is based on the life of Vijay Barse, founder of Slum Soccers. Bachchan plays a professor who motivates the street children to form a football team.[2][6] This is Akash, Rinku, and Nagraj's second collaboration after their 2016 Marathi film Sairat. The film was wrapped up on 31 August 2019.[7]

Release[]

The film was scheduled for release on 20 September 2019, the date was tweeted by film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh.[8] It was later postponed to 13 December 2019.[9] On 21 January 2020, the film release date was announced to be 8 May 2020.[10] The film was further postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][12] In October 2020, the film's released was put on hold while filmmakers work to resolve copyright issues in the courts.[13] The film was scheduled for release on 18 June 2021.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nagraj Manjule's Bollywood directorial debut Jhund: Rinku Rajguru, Akash Thosar set to reunite after Sairat". Times Now. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Amitabh Bachchan shoots for 'Jhund' in Nagpur". 5 December 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Amitabh Bachchan starrer Jhund directed by Nagraj Manjule to release in theatres on June 18, 2021". Bollywood Hungama. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Amitabh Bachchan to start shooting for 'Jhund' in August". Times of India. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. ^ Atulkar, Preeti (14 January 2019). "Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar reunite for Nagraj Manjule's Jhund". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Jhund Cast List | Jhund Movie Star Cast". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Amitabh Bachchan wraps up 'Jhund'". Business Standard India. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  8. ^ Adarsh, Taran (18 February 2019). "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. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Amitabh Bachchan starrer Jhund to release on THIS date?". Box Office India. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Amitabh Bachchan calls his team of rehabilitated football players 'sheron ka jhund' in first teaser of Nagraj Manjule's film". Firstpost. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Karan Johar clarifies on whether Bollywood films will be released on OTT platforms or not". DNA India. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Movies that were supposed to release in May, but won't hit the screens due to lockdown". EasternEye. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  13. ^ PTI (18 November 2020). "SC refuses to lift stay on release of Amitabh Bachchan starrer Jhund". The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

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