Chakda Xpress heralds Anushka Sharma’s long-awaited return to acting after a four-year hiatus. A first-look trailer for the film was released on January 6th. In the meantime, the actress has revealed to her followers that the shoot for her new project has commenced.
Anushka will be seen playing the character of Jhulan Goswami, the former captain and current player of the Indian Cricket Team.
The Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi actress shared a video and a few pictures from the sets of Chakda Xpress on Instagram with a special caption that reads, “Back to where I belong.. #ChakdaXpress #ShootBegins #ChakdaXpressDay1 (sic).”
Among several others, the Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli and the Chakda Express herself cheered for the actress in the comment section of her latest IG post.
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Earlier this year in January, the actress shared the first teaser of the forthcoming film on her official Insta handle with a big and special caption. The note stated that the film is really special to the actress as it is essentially a story of tremendous sacrifice. She further mentioned in the post that Jhulan Goswami, who made the country proud on the global stage against all odds and also shaped the women’s cricket in India, inspired her.
A special part of the post reads, “We should all salute Jhulan and her team-mates for revolutionizing women’s cricket in India. (sic).”
Abhishek Banerjee serves as the writer of the Prosit Roy directorial. The film is backed by Harish Iyer as the executive producer with Saurabh Malhotra and Karnesh Ssharma as co-producers under the banner named A Clean Slate Filmz.
The Netflix sports drama film is said to be an eye-opener into the world of women’s cricket. Reportedly, Chakda Xpress is slated to release on Feb 02, 2023.