Sagarika Ghatge gets sporty in 'Monsoon Football'

Sagarika Ghatge, who was appreciated for her performance as the Indian women’s hockey team captain Preeti Sabharwal in 'Chak De! India (2007)', will now try her hand at another sport. This time around, she will be seen playing the protagonist in the film titled '

Monsoon Football

'. In the movie, she will lead a team of housewives, who form a football team. Sagarika, who married cricketer Zaheer Khan in November 2017, has completed the shooting for the film directed by Milind Ukey.
Recently, she shared a poster of the film, which has her standing on a football ground clad in a green sari and wearing sports shoes. Besides sharing the poster, she also urged people to support the game, especially where women’s teams are concerned. She wrote, “Let’s celebrate the power of womanhood with the poster of my

Marathi

film Monsoon football. Lets get together and also cheer the 2019 Fifa women’s World Cup teams and watch them play (sic).” Sagarika who made her debut in Marathi

films

with 'Premachi Goshta' (2013) opposite Atul Kulkarni, trained a lot to essay the part of a football player in her second project in the language.