May 23, 2016 05:45 PM
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Azhar 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
plot-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
In a parallel story, post match fixing scandel Azhar is now facing nation wide criticism and a London based lawyer Meera(Lara Dutta) is building up a strong case against him on the basis of sting operations done by Manoj on Ravi, Navjot and several other cricketers
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.