Azhar is an upcoming sports drama film written, and directed by Tony D'Souza. Based on the life of Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin, the film is produced by Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Sony Pictures Networks, it features Emraan Hashmi, Nargis Fakhri and Prachi Desai in the lead roles. The film is scheduled for a worldwide release on 13 May 2016.
Cast:
Emraan Hashmi as Mohammad Azharuddin
Nargis Fakhri as Sangeeta Bijlani, the second wife of Azharuddin
Prachi Desai as Naureen, the first wife of Azharuddin
Lara Dutta as a lawyer
Gautam Gulati as Ravi Shastri
Manjot Singh as Navjot Singh Sidhu
Kunaal Roy Kapur as a lawyer
Rajesh Sharma as M.K. Sharma
Offcial Trailer: AJHAR
As early as June 2013, producer Ekta Kapoor had spoken of her plans and signed a contract with cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin to make this film based on certain well known and highly talked about incidents and facts of Azharrudin's life. At that time actors Saif Ali Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, and Ranveer Singh were on her wish list. Azharuddin was quizzical over the film until after he had read a copy of the script presented to him by director D’Souza.
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