Golondaaz Starring Dev Adhikari Is A Bipoic On Father Of Indian Football, First Look Coming Soon
Dev will be essaying the role of Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari. Prasad is the boy who kicked the ball and even came to be known as the Father of Indian football. Later on, Nagendra went on to set up many football clubs in Kolkata. The film is scheduled to release during summer 2020
Dhurbo Banerjee has now revealed the name of his next directorial titled as Golondaaz. The film will have actor Dev Adhikari as lead actor and it will be a biopic on footballer Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari. Sone days back, Dev had even shared the training picture with a football.
SVF took to its official Twitter handle and wrote, “Here's the BIGGEST news of the week! Announcing our next with @idevadhikari, directed by @dhrubo_banerjee: #Golondaaz | First look coming soon.”
Here's the BIGGEST news of the week!
— SVF (@SVFsocial) November 30, 2019
Announcing our next with @idevadhikari, directed by @dhrubo_banerjee: #Golondaaz | First look coming soon.@iammony #SVF2020 pic.twitter.com/blINI64cCC
According to football historians, Nagendra Prasad was the first Indian who had kicked a football and showed interest in the game when he saw Britishers playing the game at Maidan. As a teenager, in 1877 he started playing the game with his classmates in his school compound at Hare School. Watching his enthusiasm for the sport, the European teachers of the school and adjacent colleges encouraged Nagendra Prasad and his companions to promote the game among students in and around Calcutta. The Boys’ Club, founded by Nagendra Prasad around this time, was the first Indian initiative at football organization. Later he formed a string of sporting clubs in Calcutta which includes the prestigious names like Wellington Club and Sovabazar Club.
The shooting for the film will begin from January next year. The film is scheduled to release during summer 2020.
Meanwhile, Dev’s Sanjhbati trailer was also released and the actor was appreciated for completely different look. The film will be releasing on December 6.
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