Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has started preparation for the Biopic of India women's cricketer Jhulan Goswami. The movie is named 'Chakda Xpress', and it will capture the struggle of the inspirational cricketers.
Anushka took to Instagram on Friday (February 25) to share the pictures from her practice session. Posting the photos, she captioned, “Grip by grip ???????? #prep #ChakdaXpress.”
Jhulan, who is the highest wicket-taker in women's ODI history, reacted to the photos and wrote, "Very nice" in the comments.
Anushka is returning to acting after four years with the Chakda Xpress. It is a Netflix film and the movie is expected to motivate a lot of youngsters, as said by the actress herself.
"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.
"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 said in a statement,
Chakda Xpress is being directed by Prosit Roy, and produced by Anushka's Clean Slate Filmz.
