Azhar is an 2016 sports biographical film written by Rajat Arora and directed by Tony D'Souza. Based on the life of the Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin, the film is produced by Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Sony Pictures Networks, and features Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai, Nargis Fakhri and Lara Dutta in lead roles. The film released worldwide on 13 May 2016.
Production
As early as June 2013, producer Ekta Kapoor had spoken of her plans and signed a contract with cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin to make this film based on certain well known and highly talked about incidents and facts of Azharrudin's life. At that time actors Saif Ali Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, and Ranveer Singh were on her wish list. Azharuddin was quizzical over the film until after he had read a copy of the script presented to him by director D’Souza.
Release
The film has generated controversy prior to its release over a storyline that absolves the protagonist Mohammad Azharuddin from charges of fixing matches in return of money. M A Ganapathy the former Superintendant of Police in CBI who was the chief investigating officer in the match-fixing case has refuted the movie's clean chit to Azharuddin claiming that his confession is on tape with the CBI. Azharuddin's involvement in match fixing was also emphasized by Rakesh Maria, the former head of the Crime Branch and Commissioner of Mumbai Police, who said that Azharuddin had "a criminal bent of mind".
Cast
- Emraan Hashmi
- Prachi Desai
- Nargis Fakhri
- Lara Dutta
- Gautam Gulati
- Manjot Singh
- Kunaal Roy Kapur
- Rajesh Sharma
- Hemant Choudhary
- Varun Badola
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