Ajay Devgn finds her lead actress in actress Keerthy Suresh for Amit Sharma's football movie

Mirror had previously reported 11) that
Badhaai Ho director Amit Sharma takes his next, the Ajay Devgn starrer Syed Abdul Rahim biopic on the floors in June. We have now learned that South Indian actress Keerthy Suresh was on board to star in the film (Ajay Syed's wife), which tells the glory of the football team Indian from 1950 to 1963. Ritesh Shah (
Pink, Raid Fame ) wrote the dialogue while Saiwyn Quadras (
Mary Kom ,
Neerja ,
Parmanu ) wrote the script.

Keerthy, whose bilingual Tamil-Telugu
Mahanati (2018) holds the record of greatest success in Southern films with a female career, says she focuses on signing films with important and challenging roles for her. "The story of Syed Abdul Rahim is a forgotten chapter of Indian history and I am happy that the authors tell it through a film," the actress added.

Boney Kapoor, who produces the film with Akash Chawla and Arunava Joy Sengupta, reveals that romance plays a vital role. "It's also a conservative love story that focuses on the couple's life after marriage. Keerthy is one of the most successful actresses of Tamil cinema, Telugu and Malayalam. His presence would give us increased reach in the southern belt, "he said. Will it be a bilingual one? He clarified: "This is not intended as a feature film in Hindi. It's a fabulous story that has a pan-Indian reach and could become one of the greatest movies that will break the language barrier. "

Boney adds that the film will be shot abroad, in addition to Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata and Mumbai. "We have a choice of two locations: Rome, Melbourne and Jakarta."