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Jersey (2019)

Jersey poster
Original title
జెర్సీ
Directed by
Gowtham Tinnanuri
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 40m
Rated
18
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 75 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A talented former cricketer in his mid-thirties decides to restart his career and play for the national team. He wants to win a jersey for his young son.

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What happens

Jersey is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language sports drama film written and directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri and produced by Suryadevara Naga Vamsi, under Sithara Entertainments. It stars Nani and Shraddha Srinath with Ronit Kamra, Sathyaraj, Harish Kalyan, Sanusha, Sampath Raj and Viswant Duddumpudi in pivotal roles. The music was composed by Anirudh Ravichander, while cinematography and editing were handled by Sanu John Varghese and Naveen Nooli respectively. The storyline follows Arjun (Nani), a talented but failed cricketer who decides to return to cricket in his mid-30s, driven by the desire to represent the Indian cricket team, and fulfill his son's wish for a national team jersey as a gift. Principal photography of the film commenced on 18 October 2018 and was completed in late-March 2019. Jersey was released worldwide on 19 April 2019, receiving critical acclaim with praise for its direction, plot, screenplay, editing, music, score, emotional weight and cast performances (especially from Nani and Kamra). Several reviewers listed the film as one of the "Best Telugu films of the decade". Nani's performance in the film was highly appreciated by most critics, with Film Companion ranking his performance as one of his career's best and in the list of 100 Greatest Performances of the Decade. The film won two National Film Awards: Best Feature Film – Telugu and Best Editing (Nooli). It further won two Critics Choice, Zee Cine Awards Telugu and four South Indian International Movie Awards. The film was also screened at the International Indian Toronto Film Festival in August 2020. In 2022, Tinnanuri also helmed the Hindi remake of the film, sharing the same title. It also won the state Gaddar Award for Second Best Feature Film, (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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