
The biopic is about to launch on October 6.
By:
Mohnish Singh
Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan is happy because the trailer for his biopic movie titled 800 was launched on Tuesday.
Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and former Sri Lankan all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya unveiled the official trailer in Mumbai.
“I’m very proud as a result of they got here (Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya) and launched it for me. And likewise, I really feel that this venture has been happening for the final 5 years and now it has come to actual. Hopefully, individuals get pleasure from this film,” Muralitharan instructed ANI,
Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire actor Madhurr Mittal will probably be seen portraying the position of the legendary Sri Lankan spinner in his biopic.
Written and directed by MS Sripathy, the movie will probably be launched in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu.
Taking to X (previously Twitter), commerce analyst Taran Adarsh shared the video and wrote:
The trailer showcased the movie’s deal with the unknown story of Muttiah Muralitharan. It begins with flashbacks of occasions in Sri Lanka through the Nineteen Seventies, when minority Tamils had been focused, illustrating the difficulties the neighborhood suffered on the time. We additionally get to see a younger man carrying a white cricket jersey kneeling down earlier than armed military personnel and a voiceover was heard saying “For somebody who hails from a bunch of migrant labourers, getting recognised as a citizen itself could be very robust.” And ends by calling himself proudly as “cricketer”.
The biopic is about to launch on October 6.
Member of the ICC Cricket Corridor of Fame, Muralitharan is extensively considered one of many biggest bowlers within the historical past of the game and is the one bowler to take 800 Check wickets and 530+ ODI wickets. He’s additionally the best wicket-taker in each Check and ODI codecs and averages over six wickets per Check match.