Mumbai, October 14: Actor Shahid Kapoor, who is on a roll with the success of Kabir Singh, has bagged the Hindi remake of the Telugu hit "Jersey" The Hindi version will be directed by Gowtham Tinnanauri, who also helmed the original movie.

On casting Shahid in the movie, Gowtham 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". Shahid Kapoor Promotes Beard Oil, And We’re Tempted To Send Him Virat Kohli’s Blissed Out Pic!

The Telugu version of Jersey revolves around the protagonist named Arjun (played by Nani) and his struggles to make it big in Indian cricket. Jersey in Hindi is being produced by Allu Aravind, Aman Gill, Dil Raju. The film is scheduled to release on August 28, 2020.

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