6 Things that you need to know about AZHAR

6 Things that you need to know about AZHAR: One of the greatest contributors to Indian Cricket, with a scintillating and a respectful cricketing career, but finally everything got veiled under the dark shadows of match fixing scandals. Yes, We are talking about Mohammad Azharuddin, the unsung Hero of the Indian Cricket team. As a matter of fact, a number of controversies led to his lifetime exile from international cricket and we never admired such a brilliant Cricketing career of over 15 years. Azharuddin himself never broke any silence since his exit from international Cricket. But things are ready to get unfolded. A biopic on the former Indian skipper, named ‘Azhar’ is going to release the next year. Here are 10 Important Facts about the Movie. 1. The Cast: #Azhar #EmraanHashmi Mohammad #Azharuddin fine with match fixing episode in his biopic http://t.co/07FUuu83S3 pic.twitter.com/i8dpOAcUQn — TOI Entertainment (@TOIEntertain) May 23, 2015 Emraan Hashmi will be playing the role of Mohammad Azharuddin in the Movie. Opposite to the actor Nargis Fakhri will feature as Sangeeta Bijlani and Prachi Desai as Naureen, who was Azharuddin’s first wife. 2. Release Date: The story of Azhar unfolds on 13th May 2016, will you block the dates to watch it on the big screen? pic.twitter.com/uv3YqU8h6w — Azhar (@AzharTheFilm) May 26, 2015 The shooting for the film has just begun and the film would likely strike the box office on 13th May, 2016. IPL was used as a platform to produce the thrill and anxiety for the movie and thus the first teaser was launched during the IPL. 3. Direction and Production: The teaser of #Azhar has been watched and it will enthrall you. @emraanhashmi is fabulous #AzharTeaser #AzharBiopic pic.twitter.com/1taeIKS7dS — BombayTimes (@bombaytimes) May 21, 2015 The film will be directed by Tony D’Souza and produced by Ekta Kapoor, assisted by Shobha Kapoor, NP Singh and Sneha Rajani. 4. Story: Check out the teaser of the film #Azhar, starring @emraanhashmi. Watch it here: http://t.co/cB8bJpyh1t pic.twitter.com/5ej9AJnIUO — Filmfare (@filmfare) May 25, 2015 The story for the movie has been scripted by Raja Aroraa. A detailed view of Azhar’s personal and Cricketing life will feature in the movie, which will include Azhar’s brilliance as a Captain on the field. The film would include the Hero Cup Final of 1998 when Azhar played the trick of giving the final over to Sachin to defend 3 runs and Sachin succeeded. Also, it would put light to the controversies related to match fixing during the era of 1999. 5. X-Factor: Watch: Emraan Hashmi shines in #Azhar biopichttp://t.co/jqZXEynarm pic.twitter.com/fdIsRovGGE — HT Entertainment (@htshowbiz) May 26, 2015 In the movie itself, we will be witnessing Emraan as Azharuddin. In the very first poster of the movie, we have seen Emraan clad in the Indian Jersey with his collar pointing the sky (signature Azharuddin style) and he looked ready to dominate over the opposition with his batting. The two “Tabeez” were also visible, similar to the ones Azhar wore around his neck. 6. Promo: Q.1: Watch https://t.co/uiTEtnxyD2 and tweet to us the video views with #AzharTeaserOnYT to WIN BIG. — Azhar (@AzharTheFilm) May 26, 2015 In the very first motion teaser released, we have witnessed the charming voice of Emraan as Azharuddin explaining the three reasons of his fame, the first being his faith in the Lord, second being his stature as a bachelor as the plot of the film would be late 1980s when Azharuddin was a bachelor and the last reason would draw in a bulk of the audience for sure when Azhar says that he is even more popular because of his match fixing scandals.

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6 Things that you need to know about AZHAR

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