A sneak peak of the upcoming Telugu film Jersey was released by its makers recently, giving details about the film. On the release of Journey of Jersey, its hero Nani wrote: “A glimpse of the effort :) Rest on 19 th. #JourneyofJersey #Jersey https://youtu.be/3xupsvU8MIA @gowtam19 @anirudhofficial @ShraddhaSrinath @vamsi84.”
From the teaser, which is over two minutes, we get to see Nani playing cricket and can gather that his character’s name is Arjun. It is evident that Nani trains for 70 days to to master the art of cricket
Jersey has Nani and Shraddha Srinath playing the lead pair with Sathyaraj, Brahmaji and Ronit Kamra in supporting roles. The film is currently in the post production mode with its release planned in April this year. Jersey is being bankrolled by Suryadevara Naga Vamsi under the banner of Sithara Entertainments and helmed by director Gowtam Tinnanuri. The film will have Anirudh composing the tunes, Navin Nooli in charge of the editing and Sanu Varghese cranking the camera.
It may be noted here that the first look poster of this film was released amidst a lot of expectations and is going viral. Being a sports drama about a late bloomer, Jersey will be a highly emotional film with good scope for Nani to perform.
Sources in the know say that the film is set between 1986 and 96 and what happens in the life of the main protagonist during that decade. The poster of this film was released featured Nani in a Jersey and he sports a beard as well. Reports are that he plays a 36-year-old with a wife and child but his passion for cricket makes him want to make it to the Indian cricket team.
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