Jersey Trailer Out: Fans call this ‘Kabir Singh 2.0’
Shahid Kapoor has shared the trailer of his forthcoming movie Jersey. The cricket-themed movie is a remake of a Telugu movie of the same name and is set to deliver in December.
In the film, Shahid Kapoor portrays the character of a former cricket player who wants to return to the game to motivate his son while Mrunal Thakur plays his wife. Director Gowtam Tinnanuri, who directed the original, has directed the Hindi version as well.
This is Shahid’s second cricket-themed film. He had previously featured in the 2009 film Dil Bole Hadippa! The film also featured Rani Mukerji.
The original Jersey featured Nani in the lead. The film proceeded to win a National Award too. Talking with Pinkvilla recently, Nani was all praise for Shahid and believed that he will deliver a memorable performance.
“I think he will do it better. He is a brilliant performer and can really get into the skin of the character,” he said. Nani added that he’s seen pictures of the Hindi version of Jersey and they look ‘promising.’
“Gowtam (Tinnanuri) showed me a few pictures – the director of the original, and it looks very promising. Gowtam is somebody who is a man of very few words, even if he likes something – I know it but not everyone can say it – I can see it on his face when he likes something. He doesn’t say much, but when Gowtam told me how happy he was with the output of the Hindi version, I already can imagine how brilliantly it would have come out,” he added.
