Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood’s Sahenshah, was most recently seen in Jhund, a biographical sports film in which he plays Vijay Barse, the story’s title character. The film got released on March 4, 2022. Nagraj Manjule directed and wrote Jhund, which is produced by T-Series, Tandav Films, Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., and Aatpaat Films and financed by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Raaj Hiremath, Savita Raj Hiremath, Nagraj, Gargee Kulkarni, and Meenu Aroraa. The biographical sports drama is based on the story of Vijay Barse, a social worker who inspired slum kids to join a football team, and Amitabh plays him.
In addition to him, the film stars Akash Thosar and Rinku Rajguru, who both appeared in filmmaker Nagraj’s popular Marathi film Sairat. Jhund will now be launched on the ZEE5 streaming platform.
Plot
The story is based on the life of Vijay Barse, a sports teacher and social worker who started Slum Soccer, a non-profit football club for impoverished youngsters who are interested in the sport. His Eureka moment happened when he saw a bunch of kids playing football with a broken pail. Hundreds of children’s lives were forever changed by what happened next.
Jhund Movie Trailer
The trailer depicts football coach Vijay’s (Amitabh) efforts to recruit slum children to join his team. Vijay tries to convince the kids to leave the life of crime and focus on a sport in the three-minute video, but his visit to the slum ends with him being provided ganja (marijuana) instead of footballers. The movie trailer then shows how Vijay manages to establish a team out of a bunch of boisterous, criminally inclined youngsters and completely transform their lives dewforpolitics.com .
Jhund Star Cast
● Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Borade
● Ankush Gedam as Ankush “Don” Masram
● Akash Thosar as Sambhya
● Rinku Rajguru as Monica
● Sayli Patil as Bhavana
● Rajiya Suhel as Rajiya
● Angel Anthony as Angel
● Karthik Uikey as Kartik
● Priyanshu Thakur as Babu Chitre
● Jaspreet Singh Randhawa as Jaspreet
● Tanaji Galgunde as Saajan
● Abhinay Raj Singh as Naveen
● Arbaj Shaikh as Raju
● Kiran Thoke as OK
● Arjun Radhakrishnan as Arjun Borade, Vijay’s son
● Nagraj Manjule as Hitler Bhai
● Kishor Kadam as College Football Team Coach
● Bharat Ganeshpure as Local MLA
● Ramdas Phutane as Principal
Release Date
Jhund is locked in for a digital release on online streaming platforms. ZEE5 has acquired the streaming rights to the film, which will begin streaming on its platform on May 6, 2022. The movie is available to premium subscribers of ZEE5, where viewers can stream the full movie in HD without any ad interruptions.
