''Jaadugar'' () is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language

sports drama A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport, sporting event, athlete (and their sport), or follower of sport (and the spor ...

film directed by Sameer Saxena and written by

Biswapati Sarkar Biswapati Sarkar is an Indian script writer, who previously worked as the Executive Creative Director and Writer at The Viral Fever (TVF), and is presently working at Posham Pa Pictures, a new studio he started along with Sameer Saxena, Amit Gol ...

and produced under the banner of the new established Production company Posham Pa Pictures. The film features

Jitendra Kumar Jitendra Kumar is an Indian actor. He is best known for his role of Jitu in ''TVF Pitchers'', Jeetu Bhaiya in ''Kota Factory'', Aman Tripathi in '' Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan,'' Meenu in ''Jaadugar'', and Abhishek Tripathi in Amazon Prime's ...

and Arushi Sharma in the lead role, alongside

Jaaved Jaaferi Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaaferi (born 4 December 1963) is an Indian actor, dancer, and comedian who has appeared in Hindi films and television shows. He is son of the comedian Jagdeep. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in March, 2014 and contested ...

Premise

In a small football-loving town

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Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

, a small-time

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, Magic ''Meenu'' who has no athletic skill must help his team win a football trophy to marry his love interest, but the problem is that his team hasn't won a game in many years.

Cast

as Meenu Narang * Arushi Sharma as Disha Chhabra *

Javed Jaffrey Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaaferi (born 4 December 1963) is an Indian actor, dancer, and comedian who has appeared in Hindi films and television shows. He is son of the comedian Jagdeep. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in March, 2014 and contested ...

as Pradeep Narang * Manoj Joshi as magician Chhabra, Disha's father * Raj Qushal as Lalli * Raksha Pannwar as Dipa * Shoan Zagade as Riju George * Sandeep Shikhar as Ramswaroop * Rajiv Nema as Nema * Sameer Saxena as Doshi *

Rukshar Dhillon Rukshar Dhillon (born 12 October 1993) is an actress based in India who primarily works in Telugu films. Dhillon was born in London and brought up in India. She made her debut in 2016 with the Kannada ''Run Antony.'' She went on to star in Telug ...

as Iccha * Purnendu Bhattacharya as Avinash * Dhruv Thukral as Shekhawat * Shayank shukla as Hemu

Production

The official announcement of the film was made in March 2021 from Netflix India YouTube channel.

Release

The film was released worldwide on 15 July 2022 via

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in Hindi and dubbed versions in English, Tamil and Telugu.

References

External links

* * {{Portal bar, India, Film 2022 films 2022 drama films 2020s Hindi-language films Netflix original films Films set in Madhya Pradesh 2020s Indian films