Shahid Kapoor is riding high after the success of Kabir Singh, the Hindi remake of the Telugu film Arjun Reddy.  Kabir Singh became the highest grossing Bollywood film of 2019.  Now, the actor is all set to star in the Hindi version of another Telugu hit, Jersey.  The Hindi remake of Jersey will be directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, who also helmed the original version.

About his decision to cast Shahid Kapoor in the lead, Gowtam Tinnanuri said, “I’m really looking forward to remaking my film Jersey in Hindi and taking it to national audiences and there is no one better then Shahid Kapoor to recreate the magic of the original for Hindi audiences.”

The Telugu version of the film starred Nani in the lead role and followed the story of a cricket player, Arjun and his struggles to make it into the Indian Cricket Team.  The movie also starred Shraddha Srinath, Harish Kalyan, Sanusha, Sathyaraj, Sampath Raj and Viswant in pivotal roles.

The Hindi version of Jersey will be produced by Allu Aravind, Aman Gill and Dil Raju.  The movie is scheduled to hit theaters on August 28th, 2020.

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