Nani, Rashmika And 3 Other Players

Natural Star Nani is putting maximum efforts on his upcoming entertainer Jersey, a sports drama film directed by debutante Gowtham Tinnanuri. Nani plays 36-year-old cricketer in the film also features Shraddha Srinath in female lead role while Sathyaraj, Brahmaji and Ronit Kamra play pivotal roles. Jersey is slated for release on April 19th.

Apart from Jersey, there are few other sports based films are made in Telugu and Tamil. Naga Chaitanya’s next Majili is a pure romantic drama where he will be seen romancing his wife Samantha. But, Chay plays cricket mentor to a kid in the film directed by Shiva Nirvana. 

Young and happening hero Vijay Devarakonda’s Dear Comrade is not a sports film, but actress Rashmika Mandanna will be seen as a cricketer. Sundeep Kishan’s untitled film is also a sports based film.

Thalapathy 63 is also a sports drama film written and directed by Atlee. Vijay will be seen as a football coach to women's team in the film which was launched recently.

Seems like, south film industry is obsessed with sports genre films!