Ajay Devgn to play football coach Syed Abdul Rahim

A few days ago, actor Ajay Devgn announced his collaboration with Neeraj Pandey for Chanakya, and now the actor comes with yet another announcement. Ajay Devgn to play football coach Syed Abdul Rahim in his upcoming movie. Zee Studios, Fresh Lime Films and Boney Kapoor to produce the film and is directed by Amit Sharma. Zee Studios took to Twitter to share the news. They wrote, “Elated and proud to announce a story never told as @ZeeStudios_ #BoneyKapoor & @freshlimefilms come together for a biopic on India’s legendary #Football coach, Syed Abdul Rahim, starring @ajaydevgn, directed by @CinemaPuraDesi, screenplay by @SaiwynQ, and dialogues by @writish.”

Elated and proud to announce a story never told as @ZeeStudios_ #BoneyKapoor & @freshlimefilms come together for a biopic on India’s legendary #Football coach, Syed Abdul Rahim, starring @ajaydevgn, directed by @CinemaPuraDesi, screenplay by @SaiwynQ, and dialogues by @writish. pic.twitter.com/vzaLJya67x

— Zee Studios (@ZeeStudios_) July 13, 2018

Earlier, Farhan Akhtar (Bhag Milkha Bhag), Priyanka Chopra (Mary Kom), Emraan Hashmi (Azhar) and Sushant Singh Rajput (M.S.Dhoni) have essayed the roles of the famous sports person. Akshay Kumar also essayed the role of Bengali hockey player Tapan Das in his upcoming film Gold, which is slated to release on 15th August 2018. With Syed Abdul Rahim Biopic Raid Actor Ajay Devgn has an interesting line-up of movies ahead, the actor also has been confirmed for Chanakya, Sons of Sardar, De De Pyaar De, Tanaji and Luv Ranjan's next with Ranbir Kapoor.