Mrunal Thakur has been roped as the female lead for Jersey remake, starring Shahid Kapoor in the lead role. The upcoming film is a Hindi remake of the Telugu hit movie of the same name in which Natural Star Nani and Shraddha Srinath played the lead roles.
The Hindi version will be helmed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, who also directed the original movie. Murnal Thakur is very excited to play the lead opposite Shahid Kapoor in Jersey. Shahid Kapoor has already started polishing his cricketing skills and few day ago, he also shared a pic from his preparation. The upcoming film will be jointly bankrolled by Mega Producer Allu Aravind, Aman Gill, Dil Raju, and it will be released on 28th August, 2020. It is being heard that Shahid Kapoor is demanding Rs 40 Cr as remuneration and he has hiked it after Kabir Singh.