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Find out why Dhrubo Banerjee is nervous!

Dev whose last release ‘Sanjhbati’ won audience hearts is now set to play Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari, the father of Indian football, in Dhrubo Banerjee’s highly anticipated film ‘Golondaaz’. The sports drama has already gone on the floors and Dhrubo admits he’s a bit nervous.

“Hope I will remain nervous prior to all my films … so that I am conscious of the respect and dignity that every film deserves … Golondaaj celebrates a forgotten hero … a legend … and I feel fortunate to be the narrator of this epic,” said the ‘Durgeshgorer Guptodhon’ director.

“I have been trying to rediscover the lost pride in Bengalis. People know about the Bengali renaissance but are not aware of the contribution of this man. He is completely forgotten. My film is not a biopic but a means of creating a movie based on Nagendra and the times. Every Bengali must know about him. The present generation does not know much about Sarbadhikary, how he introduced the game and popularized it among Bengalis. My movie will weave the tale with references from real-life events” added an excited Dhrubo whose two Guptodhan franchise films were runaway hits.

This film will also mark Dev’s return to SVF after the 2017 blockbuster ‘Amazon Obhijaan’. For years, they have ruled the commercial space of Bengali cinema and now the hit jodi is set to weave magic yet again. Interestingly, Dev has never been part of a football movie.

Besides Dev in the titular role, the film has an ensemble cast including Anirban Bhattacharya, Ishaa Saha, Indrashish Ray, Srikanta Acharya and John Bhattacharya in pivotal roles.