Anushka Sharma recently announced that her next film will be based on the journey of celebrated female fast bowler of India,
Jhulan Goswami. The actress has now started preparing for her part in this biopic, which has been titled ‘
Chakda Xpress
’. On Friday, the actress was spotted training for her role of a cricketer. Anushka sported black and pink athleisure and was seen training with a coach.
Announcing ‘Chakda ‘Xpress’, Anushka had shared earlier this year, “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. 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.”
‘Chakda ‘Xpress’ is backed by Anushka Sharma and her brother Karnesh Ssharma's production house Clean Slate Filmz. This biopic will be helmed by Prosit Roy and will be released on a streaming platform in the second half of 2022.
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