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Chakda 'Xpress: Anushka Sharma Shares Her First Glimpse As Former Indian Captain Jhulan Goswami
The wait is finally over for all Anushka Sharma fans! The actress recently took to social media to share the first sneak-peek of her upcoming Netflix film Chakda 'Xpress who is inspired by the life and times of Jhulan Goswami, former captain of India national women's cricket team. The much-anticipated flick will hit the shooting floor soon.
Anushka took to her Instagram page to share her first look from the movie and wrote, "It is a really special film because it is essentially a story of tremendous sacrifice. Chakda Xpress is inspired by the life and times of former Indian captain Jhulan Goswami and it will be an eye-opener into the world of women's cricket. At a time when Jhulan decided to become a cricketer and make her country proud on the global stage, it was very tough for women to even think of playing the sport. This film is a dramatic retelling of several instances that shaped her life and also women's cricket."
She continued, "From support systems, to facilities, to having a stable income from playing the game, to even having a future in cricket - very little propelled women of India to take up cricket as a profession. Jhulan had a fighting and extremely uncertain cricketing career and she stayed motivated to make her country proud. She strived to change the stereotype that women can't make a career out of playing cricket in India so that the next generation of girls had a better playing field. Her life is a living testimony that passion and perseverance triumphs over any or all adversities and Chakda Xpress is the most definitive look into the not so rosy world of women's cricket back then. There is still a lot of work to be done and we have to empower them with the best so that the sport can flourish for women in India."
"We should all salute Jhulan and her team-mates for revolutionizing women's cricket in India. It is their hard work, their passion and their undefeated mission to bring attention to women's cricket that has turned things around for generations to come. As a woman, I was proud to hear Jhulan's story and it is an honour for me to try and bring her life to audiences and cricket lovers. As a cricketing nation, we have to give our women cricketers their due. Jhulan's story is truly an underdog story in the history of cricket in India and the film is our celebration of her spirit," Anushka added in her post.
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The Anushka Sharma-starrer will trace the glorious journey of one of the fastest female pacers in the history of world cricket, Jhulan Goswami, as she moved up the ladder despite the countless hindrances posed by misogynistic politics to fulfil her only dream of playing cricket.
Chakda 'Xpress marks Anushka Sharma's return on the screen after a hiatus of almost three years. She was last seen in Shah Rukh Khan's Zero alongside Katrina Kaif in 2018. Post that, she and her cricketer-husband Virat welcomed their first child, daughter Vamika in January last year. Chakda 'Xpress helmed by Prosit Roy and produced by Clean Slate Filmz is Anushka's first film after giving birth to Vamika.
