Azhar Story

Azhar movie traces the journey of renowned cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin. The cricketer has had several achievements in his career but his fame has also led to many controversies.

Casting:
While Prachi Desai plays the role of Azhar's first wife Naureen and Nargis Fakhri plays the second wife Sangeeta Bijlani.  Lara Dutta plays the role of a lawyer in Azhar.

As early as June 2013, producer Ekta Kapoor had spoken of her plans and signed a contract with cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin to make this film based on certain well known and highly talked about incidents and facts of Azharrudin's life. At that time actors Saif Ali Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, and Ranveer Singh were on her wish list. Azharuddin was quizzical over the film until after he had read a copy of the script presented to him by director D’Souza.

The film have been shot at Lords, the Oval, Cantebury, Derby and Edgbaston cricket grounds and other places in the United Kingdom including Harleyford Manor, Virginia Water, Mayfield Lavender Farm, and Windsor.

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