Here’s why we are desperately waiting for Azharuddin’s Biopic starring Emraan Hashmi!

Mohammed Azharuddin  joined the National Cricket in 1984 and proved his cricketing mettle by acing as a top notch batsmen and fielder. He was soon leading our nation with his captaincy.  His career has seen its fair share of ups and downs, and his entire life will be panned out in a feature film Azhar to be produced by Balaji Motion Picture and MSM Motion Pictures.

 1.)    Emraan as Azhar 

      The top league batsmen Azharuddin was known to have flexible wrists and has gone on record to hit 3 consecutive centuries at the start of his career in Test Cricket. As the man played much before the shorter t20 format of cricket, his skill was to sustain and steer the nation’s win.  Azhar was a great fielder as well with a total of 156 catches in ODI caught by his able hands.

 2.)    Emraan’s Preparation to become Azhar 

      As Emraan has Bulky Arms, thanks to his heavy weight lifting at the gym, he had to become leaner and adopted Yoga to achieve the same. He has even mentioned in several interviews that the ‘Off Side’ batting in particular has been tough for him to attempt.  Emraan viewed many of the cricketer’s archived videos to get his gait, mannerism and speech correct.

 3.)    Azhar’s Sons 

      Azharuddin is a father to two sons, Ayaz and Asad borne by his first wife, Naureen. Unfortunately, he lost his son Ayaz in a road accident in 2011, when he was all of 19. Asad will be seen in the biopic as well. He is known to be pursuing cricket to step in his father’s former career.

4.) Match-fixing scandal 

Azhar came into public and media speculation, when Hansie Cronje named him in his association with Bookies / Match fixers.  An investigative research, found Azhar guilty and BCCI as well as ICC banned him from cricket for life. Although, he got a clean chit in 2012 from the Andhra Pradesh High Court, the legal spell was 12 years long and deeply affected his brand image

5.)    Political Career 

      Though a retired cricketer, Azharuddin’s love for the nation is steady as he later joined the Indian National Congress and won the 2009 General Elections in Uttar Pradesh.

6.)    Personal Life 

      Azhar has been married and divorced twice. His first wife was a home-maker Naureen to be played by Prachi Desai and his second marriage was with Sangeeti Bijlani, which will be played by Nargis Fakhri. Reportedly, the man is now married to Shannon Marie a longtime friend of his.

With  99 Tests and 334 ODI’s we can’t wait to see what transpires on-screen. 13^th May is not too far ahead and Twitter is abuzz with its Theatrical release tomorrow.

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