Amitabh Bachchan is all set to be seen playing the role of a football coach in Nagraj Manjule's upcoming directorial titled Jhund. The megastar has been shooting for the film in 2019. This film marks Hindi directorial debut of Nagraj who is remembered for helming blockbuster Sairat in the year 2016. During the shoot, Big B had been sharing BTS stills from the sets and fans have been excited to see him in a sports drama.

Now, Amit Ji took to his social media pages and shared the first poster of Jhund. In the poster, he is seen wearing a blue tracksuit and looking at the village with a football on the backdrop. He captioned the poster stating, "First glimpse of #Jhund! .. ???? !! @nagraj_manjule @bhushankumar #KrishanKumar @hire.raaj @savitaraj121 #GargeeKulkarni #MeenuAroraa @ajayatulofficial @tandavfilmsentertainment #AatpaatProduction @tseriesfilms @tseries.official"

Jhund is touted to be a biopic on football coach Vijay Barse, who founded an NGO, Slum Soccers, which helps slum kids learn the sport. Earlier two filmmakers planned to make the film on the same subject. Talking about it, a source had told DNA After Hrs, "On the one hand, there was Meenu Kumarr, who claimed she had bought the rights to Vijay’s story. She approached a few production houses to come on board, but no one showed interest. On the other hand, there was another lady, Savita, who also started pitching the same idea to other production houses. As a result, there was a conflict between the two regarding the rights."