World Cup 2019: Ranveer Singh's '83, Sonam Kapoor's The Zoya Factor - Upcoming Movies for the Cricket Lover in You
The cricket fever in Bollywood is not going to die anytime soon.
The 2019 Cricket World Cup is about to begin and it's that time of the year when your 'josh' is always high. You want your favourite team to lift this special trophy and the enthusiastic cricket lover in you refuses to calm down. You continue cheering for team India as they battle it out with different teams on the lush green pitches of various stadiums. After getting over the IPL fever of this season, and now the World Cup, the future too has enough scope to woo the sports lover in you. With different movies releasing around a similar theme, the cricket fever is not going to die anytime soon. Ravindra Jadeja Spills Fun Secrets About MS Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan and Other Team India Members Ahead of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 (Watch Video).
From Ranveer Singh's '83 to Sonam Kapoor's The Zoya Factor, let's have a quick look at all the upcoming releases that have one common factor between them - cricket.
'83
Kabir Khan's next directorial is Ranveer Singh starrer '83. The movie is around India's historic World Cup victory against West Indies in 1983. It's a multilingual movie that will be released in Tamil and Telugu simultaneously. The movie also stars Saqib Saleem, Tahir Bhasin, Hardy Sandhu, Pankaj Tripathi, Jiiva, Adinath Kothare among other prominent stars who will be a part of Ranveer's reel life squad. The film will hit the screens on April 10, 2020.
The Zoya Factor
The movie is an adaptation of a novel written by Anuja Chauhan by the same name. It's about an ad executive played by Sonam Kapoor, who becomes a lucky charm for the Indian cricket team. Dulquer Salmaan plays the captain of the cricket team who hates all the fuss about her being the lucky mascot for the team. The movie will release on June 14, 2019.
Torbaaz
Sanjay Dutt plays a former Army officer in this drama who helps in rehabilitating children with cricket in Afghanistan. The story is about child suicide bombers who are made to believe that killing will help them find glory in the afterlife. The movie also stars Nargis Fakhri and we are yet to hear about its release date.
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