Amitabh Bachchan's Sports Drama Jhund To Release In Theatres On June 18
Amitabh Bachchan took to his Instagram account to share the excitement for his upcoming release. The Nagraj Manjule directorial titled Jhund is all set to release on June 18, 2021.
Amitabh
Bachchan
took
to
his
Instagram
account
to
share
the
excitement
for
his
upcoming
release.
The
Nagraj
Manjule
directorial
titled
Jhund
is
all
set
to
release
on
June
18,
2021.
Earlier,
it
was
being
reported
that
the
film
will
be
releasing
on
OTT
platform
Amazon
prime
video,
however,
Big
B
confirmed
that
Jhund
will
get
a
theatrical
release.
Big
B
shared
a
poster
of
Jhund
with
the
new
release
date
and
wrote,
"Covid
gave
us
many
setbacks
..
but
it's
comeback
time
now
..!!
WE'RE
BACK
IN
THE
THEATERS
..
JHUND
releasing
18th
June
2021
in
THEATERS
!!"
The
film
announced
back
in
February
2019,
was
set
to
hit
the
theatres
on
May
8,
2020,
but
was
postponed
due
to
the
pandemic.
However,
filmmakers
are
looking
forward
to
theatrical
releases
as
the
government
has
allowed
100
per
cent
occupancy
in
theatres.
The
film
was
making
headlines
in
2020
after
a
Hyderabad-based
filmmaker
Nandi
Chinni
Kumar
filed
a
case
against
the
makers
alleging
copyright
infringement.
Kumar
had
claimed
that
he
bought
exclusive
rights
in
November
2017
to
make
a
movie
titled
'Slum
Soccer'
on
the
life
of
Akhilesh
Paul.
Meanwhile,
Nagraj
Manjule's
film
Jhund
is
based
on
the
life
story
of
Vijay
Barse,
who
is
Akhilesh
Paul's
coach.
Big
B
in
the
film
will
be
seen
playing
the
role
of
Vijay
Barse,
who
is
the
founder
of
Slum
Soccer.
Reportedly,
the
organisation
aims
at
uplifting
underprivileged
children
through
football.
Jhund
follows
Vijay's
story
but
Akhilesh's
story
will
also
play
a
major
role
in
the
film,
thus
allegedly
violating
copyright.
For
the
unversed,
the
makers
have
already
released
the
film's
first
look
and
teaser.
While
the
teaser
didn't
feature
Amitabh
Bachchan,
he
can
be
heard
saying,
"Jhund
nahi
kahiye
sir,
team
kahiye,
team."