Azhar Movie (2016)

Title	Azhar
Release status	Released (OTT Release)
Release date	May 12, 2016
Language	Hindi
Genre	Bollywood, Drama, Reality based, Sports
Digit binge rating	5.8
Streaming on	Netflix
Duration	2 hr 8 min

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Trivia

1. This is Emraan Hashmi's third movie concerned with cricket.
2. The song Oye Oye is a compilation of Sangeeta Bhijlani's hit songs from Tridev as the character is based on her.
3. At the starting of the movie we see that Akshay Kumar has been given special thanks. This is because Azhar is the third film of director Tony D'Souza, his first two films being Blue and Boss, both featuring Akshay Kumar in lead roles. Tony D' Souza considers Akshay Kumar as his mentor and hence he was given special thanks in the beginning.
4. The scene in which Pakistani batsman sleds Azhar during the Indo Pak test match is Venkatesh Prasad and Aamir Sohail's fight which took place in the quarter-final of the 1996 world cup in Bangalore.....
5. In this film, all characters that were playing cricketers and the Bollywood actress were addressed by their first name and not their full name as it was based on the real cricketers and the actress. For example, Sourav (Ganguly), Kapil (Dev), Manoj (Prabhakar), Navjot (Singh Sidhu), Sachin (Tendulkar), Ravi (Shastri), and the actress Sangeeta Bijlani.
6. Pakistani actress Urwa Hocane was earlier offered the lead female role of Sangeeta Bijlani, however, she refused to say that she didn't want to do bold scenes.
7. The film has generated controversy before its release over a storyline that absolves the protagonist Mohammad Azharuddin from charges of fixing matches in return for money. M A Ganapathy the former Superintendent of Police in CBI who was the chief investigating officer in the match-fixing case has refuted the movie's clean chit to Azharuddin claiming that his confession is on tape with the CBI. Azharuddin's involvement in match-fixing was also accepted by Rakesh Maria, the former head of the Crime Branch and Commissioner of Mumbai Police. In a conversation recorded by the news magazine Tehelka, Maria claims that Azhar had "a criminal bent of mind"
8. Ravi Shastri was upset with the makers for showing his character in the bad limelight.
9. Biopic of Mohammed Azharuddin.
10. Ekta Kapoor earlier had Saif Ali Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, and Ranveer Singh in mind to play the lead role.
11. This will be the second time Emraan Hashmi and Prachi Desai working together
12. Azhar begins with a five-point disclaimer saying the film is based on a few true events from Azharuddin's life but most of the story is fictional.
13. The movie is based on real-life incidents, based on Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin.
14. Pritam was the first choice of music director. But due to health issues, he couldn't do the film and was replaced by Amaal Malik.
15. Mohammad Azharuddin himself trained Emraan Hashmi for the role.
16.Emraan Hashmi is 5'8 and Mohammad Azharuddin is almost 6'1. To match his height for the character Emraan Hashmi had to wear a four-inch sole inside his shoes.

• Budget

  40 Crores

• Box office collection

  49.93 Crores

• Filming Location

  Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood, Westminster, Greater London, England, UK

• Production Details

  Balaji Motion Pictures,Indo-UK Film Company,Jhakaas

Azhar Trailer