It's
known
to
all
that
Shahid
Kapoor
is
stepping
into
Telugu
star
Nani's
shoes
for
the
Hindi
remake
of
the
latter's
2019
sports
drama
Jersey.
Recently
in
an
interaction
with
an
entertainment
portal,
Nani
opened
up
on
Shahid
reprising
his
role
in
the
Hindi
version
and
said
that
he
is
confident
about
the
Kabir
Singh
actor
outdoing
him
in
the
film.
Speaking
about
Shahid's
performance,
Nani
told
Pinkvilla,
"I
think
he
will
do
it
better.
He
is
a
brilliant
performer
and
can
really
get
into
the
skin
of
the
character."
"Gowtam
(Tinnanuri)
showed
me
a
few
pictures
-
the
director
of
the
original,
and
it
looks
very
promising.
Gowtam
is
somebody
who
is
a
man
of
very
few
words,
even
if
he
likes
something
-
I
know
it
but
not
everyone
can
say
it
-
I
can
see
it
on
his
face
when
he
likes
something.
He
doesn't
say
much,
but
when
Gowtam
told
me
how
happy
he
was
with
the
output
of
the
Hindi
version,
I
already
can
imagine
how
brilliantly
it
would
have
come
out," the
news
portal
quoted
him
as
saying.
Earlier,
Shahid
had
heaped
praise
on
Nani's
performance
in
Jersey
and
said
that
the
Telugu
star
was
so
good
in
it
that
he
made
him
cry
four-five
times.
He
had
also
opened
up
on
how
many
dissuaded
him
from
taking
up
this
remake
stating
that
he
should
avoid
playing
his
age
after
essaying
the
role
of
a
college
boy
in
his
last
movie
Kabir
Singh.
Shahid
had
said,
"I
was
like
everybody
knows
my
age
through
IMDb
and
Google.
I
am
40
and
everybody
knows
that.
So,
I
will
do
the
film
if
I
like
the
story.
I
really
want
to
tell
good
stories.
In
my
career,
I
have
done
many
films
without
stories
and
hence
I
realised
late
the
importance
of
a
good
story.
So,
now
I
want
to
do
films
which
have
good
stories.
Jersey
is
a
family
film
and
is
very
close
to
my
heart."
Jersey
revolves
around
a
talented
but
failed
cricketer
who
decides
to
return
to
cricket
in
his
late
thirties,
driven
by
the
desire
to
represent
the
Indian
cricket
team
and
fulfil
his
son's
wish
for
a
jersey
as
a
gift.
The
film
has
bagged
two
National
Awards.