NEW DELHI: With Kabaddi getting tonnes of attention as a sports format in the country, Bollywood is now set to release a feature film on the game.
Set to release on 7 November, Badlapur Boys will be produced by Karrm Movie. The movie revolves around about some boys of Badlapur village, who breathe and live Kabaddi and aspire to make a name out of the game, not only for themselves, but also for their village. However, the protagonist's dream is slightly different and it binds the film right till the end.
Annu Kapoor plays the role of a Kabaddi coach in the film. The hero of the film, Nishshan, has acted in the film David and Subhash Ghai's Cycle Kick, along with many other Malyalam movies. Badlapur Boys also stars Sharanya Mohan, who has acted in more than 16 South Indian movies as the main lead but this is her first Hindi film.
Although this is the directorial debut of the film's director Shailesh Verma, he has written various daily soaps and movies, including Salman Khan starrer Veer. He is also planning to start his next movie right after the release of Badlapur Boys.
Actress Kishori Shahane plays the hero's mother and Pooja Gupta, who had starred in Vicky Donor, Mickey Virus and Oh My God, is also a part of the film. Other artistes who worked in the movie are Boloram Das, Nitin Jadhav, Shashank Udaypurkar, Mazhar Khan, Ankit Sharma, Vineet, among many more.
Music of the film has been composed by Shamir Tandon and Sachin Gupta. Words to the melodies have been given by lyricist Sameer Anjaan, which have been sung by singers Sukhwinder Singh, Shaan, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal, Javed Ali, Ritu Pathak. Choreography has been done by Saroj Khan.
Badlapur Boys is Karrm Movies' first Hindi film. Their Marathi film Razakar is also ready to release.