Ajay
Devgn
is
all
set
to
play
the
role
of
legendary
football
coach
Syed
Abdul
Rahim,
who
coached
India
to
victory
at
the
Asian
Games
in
1951
and
1962,
in
Amit
Sharma's
Maidaan.
Today,
the
actor
took
to
his
Twitter
page
to
drop
the
teaser
poster
of
this
sports
film.
He
captioned
the
poster
as,
#MaidaanTeaser
-
Get
ready
for
Maidaan!
27th
November
2020
⚽."
Speaking
about
Maidaan,
director
Amit
Sharma
earlier
told
PTI,
"It
is
a
story
of
a
person
who
has
done
a
lot.
I
am
not
calling
it
a
biopic,
I
am
calling
it
the
golden
era
of
Indian
football.
The
film
is
about
that.
So
the
challenge
is
how
to
make
this
in
the
best
way."
He
further
added,
"The
scale
is
bigger,
football
is
there,
sports
is
there,
but
it
won't
be
going
in
the
cliche
zone.
We
are
trying
to
give
it
a
fresh
perspective.
That's
the
challenge."
Earlier,
Ajay
Devgn,
who
is
playing
the
role
of
a
football
coach
in
the
film,
said
that
he
is
flattered
and
honoured
to
work
with
the
Badhaai
Ho
director.
Initially,
South
actress
Keerthy
Suresh
was
supposed
to
make
her
Bollywood
debut
with
this
Ajay
Devgn
starrer.
However,
the
actress
opted
out
of
the
film
as
the
makers
felt
she
looked
'too
young'
for
her
part
in
the
movie.
Priyamani
replaced
her
in
the
film.
An
official
statement
from
the
makers
read,
"Keerthy
shot
for
the
film
for
a
day.
After
the
shoot,
the
makers
and
Keerthy
both
felt
that
she
looked
too
young
as
she
had
lost
a
lot
of
weight
since
being
signed
for
the
film
to
authentically
portray
the
role
of
a
mother
as
has
been
written
in
the
script."
Produced
by
Zee
Studios,
Boney
Kapoor,
Akash
Chawla
and
Arunava
Joy
Sengupta,
Maidaan
is
slated
to
hit
the
theatrical
screens
on
November
27,
2020.