Confirmed: After ‘Kabir Singh’, now Shahid Kapoor to star in the remake of Telugu movie ‘Jersey’

Shahid Kapoor who was last seen in ‘Kabir Singh’ will be seen in the Hindi remake of Telugu film ‘Jersey’. Film critic and trade analyst, Taran Adarsh took to the micro-blogging site Twitter and shared the news. The Hindi version will be directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, who also directed the Telugu version, starring Nani. The movie will be produced by Allu Aravind, Aman Gill and Dil Raju. The movie will be releasing on August 28, 2020

Have a look at the tweet here.

IT’S OFFICIAL… Shahid Kapoor to star in #Hindi remake of #Telugu film #Jersey… The #Hindi version will be directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, who also helmed the original #Telugu version, starring Nani… Produced by Allu Aravind, Aman Gill and Dil Raju… 28 Aug 2020 release.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 14, 2019

As reported by IANS, on casting Shahid in the movie, director 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 than Shahid Kapoor to recreate the magic of the original for Hindi audiences”

This is Shahid’s second Hindi remake of Telugu movie where he will be starring as the lead. ‘Kabir Singh’ was the remake of Telugu hit movie ‘Arjun Reddy’.

Talking about ‘Jersey’, the movie is about the protagonist named Arjun (Nani) and his struggles in cricket. Let’s see how Shahid will do justice to the Hindi remake.

For more updates on the movie, stay tuned to our space.

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