Mumbai: Actor Shahid Kapoor, who is on a roll with the success of "Kabir Singh", has bagged the Hindi remake of the Telugu hit "Jersey". It will be Shahid's first film post 'Kabir Singh', which the was remake of 'Arjun Reddy'.

The Hindi version will be directed by Gowtham Tinnanauri, who also helmed the original movie.

On casting Shahid in the movie, Gowtham said: "I'm really looking forward to remaking my film 'Jersey' in Hindi and taking it to national audiences and there is no one better than Shahid Kapoor to recreate the magic of the original for Hindi audiences"

The Telugu version of "Jersey" revolves around the protagonist named Arjun (played by Nani) and his struggles to make it big in Indian cricket.

"Jersey " in Hindi is being produced by Allu Aravind, Aman Gill, Dil Raju. The film is scheduled to release on August 28, 2020.

(With inputs added in IANS copy)