Reacting to the Chakda Xpress teaser, Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu, who tries out the role of Indian cricket team captain Mithali Raj in Shabaash Mithu wrote: “From Mithali to Jhulan! Go my sister”
Biopics of Indian female cricketers seem to be all the rage in Bollywood. After the announcement of Shabaash Mithu, an upcoming sports drama about national cricketer Mithali Raj, lead Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has unveiled her upcoming film on Instagram titled Chakda Xpress, which will be based on the life and hard times of former Indian captain Jhulan Goswami.
React to the Chakda Xpress’ teaser, which Anushka Sharma attached to her Instagram post, actress Taapsee Pannu, who stars as Indian cricket team captain Mithali Raj in Shabaash Mithu wrote: “From Mithali to Jhulan! Go on my sister. But, she also added in a separate Instagram Story that it was “Time for ‘Women in Blue.’ “Go ahead Chakda Express! She applauded.
In her lengthy social media post, Anushka has written extensively about how Jhulan Goswami shattered the stereotype that women cannot make a career out of playing cricket in India. She paved the way for the next generation of girls to have a better playground. “Her life is a living testimony that passion and perseverance triumphs over all or part of adversity and Chakda Xpress is the most definitive look. about the not-so-rosy world of women’s cricket at the time, ”wrote Anushka.
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In addition, she also wanted to pay tribute to the fighting spirit of female cricketers like Jhulan. According to Anushka, when Jhulan decided to become a cricketer and make her country proud on the world stage, it was very difficult for women to think about playing the sport. This film is a dramatic account of several cases that shaped her life and also women’s cricket, she said.
There was no support system, facilities, stable income to play cricket, or even a future in cricket, so there was very little that made Indian women cricket. a profession. Jhulan has had a combative and extremely uncertain cricket career and she has remained motivated to make her country proud, Sharma wrote.
“As a nation of cricketers, we must give our women cricketers their due. Jhulan’s story is truly an outsider story in Indian cricket history and the film is our celebration of his spirit, ”she concluded her post.
Chakda Xpress, directed by Prosit Roy, will debut filming soon and will be released on Netflix. Anushka Sharma was last seen in the 2018 flop film Zero, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif.
Meanwhile, former Indian women’s team captain Jhulan Goswami also released a statement in which she said: “It doesn’t matter if they said ladkiyan cricket nahi khel sakti (which women cannot play) .It doesn’t matter if sometimes a man’s accomplishments are placed above yours. It doesn’t matter if the stadiums are empty. When you get out on the pitch to bowling all you see is the opponent holding the cricket bat and the stumps you need to knock out, ”she said, adding that ‘ is that level of “unwavering focus that lends itself to success.”
Moreover, she said that Team India is not just the roar of 1.3 billion voices cheering and praying. “Sometimes it’s a girl from Chakda playing cricket with her team shaking and screaming and getting up together when the stumps are finally knocked out, ”she said. And it is his story that is told in the film.
Meanwhile, Taapsee Pannu had announced her movie on Mithali Raj’s birthday in 2019. She tweeted photos with the cricketer and wrote, “Happy Birthday Captain. On this anniversary, I don’t know what gift I can give you but this promise that I will give my all, I have to make sure that you will be proud of what you see of yourself on screen with Shabaash Mithu. PS_ I am very ready to learn the “cover drive”.
