'Maidaan': International footballers to be a part of Ajay Devgn's film?

Ajay Devgn is riding high on the success of his latest outing '

Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior

'. Directed by Om Raut, the film stars Kajol, Saif Ali Khan and Sharad Kelkar in pivotal roles. Now, the actor is gearing up for his next flick- '

Maidaan

', directed by

Amit Ravindernath Sharma

. The film is based on the "golden years of Indian Football". Ajay essays the role of the legendary coach

Syed Abdul Rahim

, who is said to be the founding father of Indian

football

.


According to the latest report, the film will have Footballers from over 11 countries around the world. Including

Australia

, Finland, France, Spain, Vietnam, Japan and Thailand along with some Indian footballers. A source in the report stated that the filmmaker was keen to cast real footballers instead of actors. As they really did not need actors according to the way the screenplay was written and rather wanted good footballers. So the makers opted for real footballers.



The source further added that the film’s cost would have shot up. So they decided to go for real and good footballers instead of football stars from various parts of the world.

Produced by Boney Kapoor, Akash Chawla and Arunava Joy Sengupta, 'Maidaan' will release on November 27, 2020.