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Is a 2016 Indian biographical sports drama film written by Rajat Arora and directed by Tony D'Souza. Based on the life of Indian cricketer and former national team captain Mohammad Azharuddin, the film is produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor for Sony Pictures Networks, and features Emraan Hashmi in the titular role. Nargis Fakhri, Prachi Desai and Lara Dutta play crucial supporting roles. The sports action was done by Rob Miller of ReelSports
Movie starts with Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin(Emraan Hashmi) scoring a century in his 99th test match, but faces a match fixing allegation due to his name been linked with a London based bookie. The India cricket board slaps a life ban on him from playing cricket. Azhar decides to challenge the ban in court with the help his lawyer friend Reddy(Kunaal Roy Kapoor).
The story goes into flashback, in year 1963 when Azhar was born in a middle class family of Hyderabad. His grandfather dreamed of Azhar playing 100 tests for team India and motivates a soft spoken Azhar to answer his rivals with his batting skills. Young Azhar goes for a Indian team selection match to Mumbai, where on the match day he gets a sad news of his grandfather's death. He still decides to play as this only was his grandfather's last wish. Azhar impresses the selectors, sealing his place in team India and soon becomes national hero by scoring 3 consecutive centuries in his first 3 test innings. In his personal life Azhar ties knot with Naureen(Prachi Desai) and they both start a happy married life. After a loss against Pakistan in 1991, the president of cricket broad calls Azhar for one to one meeting. Azhar initially feared of getting dropped from the team, but gets surprised when he was offered to captain the team. Azhar's appointment as captain doesn't go well down the throat of few senior players like Manoj, Ravi and Navjot, who didn't wanted to take orders from a younger player. But Kapil(Varun Badola) support and encourage him to focus on his duty. While captaining in an India - Pakistan match, (Javed Miandad) taunts Azhar to change his side as he is also a Muslim to which Azhar replies by leading his team to win and soon becomes a successful captain. At peak of his career, Azhar's personal life takes a twist when he meets a bollywood actress Sangeeta(Nargis Fakhri) during an ad film shoot and falls in love with her. They both start dating but kept their relationship hidden, until it is exposed by a gossip
On the final day of judgment both Naureen and Sangeeta attends court hearing, showing their support to Azhar. Kapil also states in a television interview that he believes Azhar is innocent. In the final verdict the court declares Azhar innocent and free from all match fixing allegations due to lack of evidence. Azhar once again proudly walks out of the court with his head high and name cleared from all scandals.thanks