Director Srijit Mukerji says his upcoming characteristic Shabaash Mithu, a biographical drama on cricketer Mithali Raj, celebrates the previous Indian skipper’s achievements whilst addressing pertinent problems confronted through sportswomen.
Starring Taapsee Pannu as Raj, the movie chronicles the lifetime of some of the celebrated feminine cricketers, her milestone moments, and the ups and downs of her sports activities adventure. Whilst maximum Bollywood biopics ceaselessly face grievance for glorifying their topics, Mukerji stated with a wonderful profession like Raj’s on the centre of the tale, there was once no want to exaggerate.
“You’ll’t put out of your mind ‘centuries’ of cricketing achievements. They’re there in black-and-white in scorecard. We’ve got highlighted that as on the finish of the day, she is a cricketer.
“You probably have such achievements, you’ll’t glorify or no longer glorify them. You display them the best way they came about. In case of Mithali, those achievements are monuments and so they need to be celebrated within the best possible imaginable flip,” Mukerji instructed PTI in an interview.
In a profession spanning over twenty years, Raj smashed seven consecutive 50s in one-day world fits and led India in 4 International Cups. She retired from all kinds of world cricket remaining month. With an total tally of 10868 runs, she could also be the leading-run getter in ladies’s cricket throughout codecs.
Written through Priya Aven, Shabaash Mithu is a coming-of-age tale that still makes a speciality of Raj’s function within the expansion of girls’s cricket in India. Mukherji stated he absolutely trusted Aven’s script for the movie because it had a balanced manner.
“I used to be following the script that was once locked with Mithali. It has a balanced manner. It doesn’t display luck however disasters too. Excluding her cricketing achievements, the movie concentrates on her struggle and motion on gender equality. In that sense, this can be a balanced and whole movie,” he added.
His love for cricket and the inspiring lifestyles tale of Raj have been the 2 key causes for him to board the mission, stated the filmmaker.
“I find out about ladies’s cricket and the mythical standing of Mithali Raj and different cricketers like Jhulan Goswami, Ellyse Perry (Australia) and Sarah Jane Taylor (England). So, the movie got here as a good chance as a result of cricket is one thing I’m extremely enthusiastic about. It occurs to be my favorite recreation,” Mukerji added.
The director could also be of the opinion that it is very important to have a feminine standpoint when narrating women-led tales. In Shabaash Mithu, he stated the group made certain to contain feminine skill at each degree.
“No longer simplest my author, my AD group additionally had 3 women, together with the manager. It’s necessary and helpful that I had it. Even within the VFX and digicam group, there was once feminine illustration.” Mukerji is best possible recognized for his award-winning Bengali language motion pictures Autograph, Jaatishwar, Rajkahini and Gumnaami.
Shabaash Mithu is his 3rd Hindi characteristic after Begum Jaan and not too long ago launched Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga.
“Every time I am getting a chance to inform the type of tale I wish to say, it has made me change between the 2 industries,” he stated.
Sponsored through Viacom18 Studios, Shabaash Mithu is all set to hit the large monitors on July 15.