Mumbai: Bollywood ace filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has praised Azhar First Look starring Emraan Hashmi in a lead role. The Azhar Movie First look has been released by the actor and it grabs all the eyes.
‘Azhar’ is an upcoming biopic of Indian cricketer Mohamed Azharuddin. The movie is directed by Tony D’Souza. Azharuddin was Indian captain for a long period and he was accused of indulging in match fixing. But he got a clean chit from A Division Bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court. Now Azhar first look has been released by the makers recently and many people praised that. Mahesh Bhatt is the one who praised the Azhar First Look.

But even after that, the cricketer never got a chance to play nor a chance to coach the team. Cricketers like Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar who played along with him were assigned various positions. The hardships faced by Azhar is portrayed in this movie.

The movie is produced by Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor and Sneha Rajani under their banners Balaji Motion Pictures and MSM Motion Pictures. The movie also features Prachi Desai, Nargis Fakhri, and Huma Qureshi. Prachi Desai essays the role of Naureen who is the first wife of Azharuddin and Nargis Fakhri does the role of Sangeeta Bijlani who is the second wife of Azharuddin.

Emraan Hashmi unveiled the first look of the movie on February 8th which also marks the 53rd birthday of Azharuddin. Now filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has tweeted and praised the first look. He tweeted, “The REINVENTION of Emraan Hashmi!” The movie will hit screens on 13th of May.