Priyamani Replaces Keerthy Suresh In Ajay Devgn’s ‘Maidaan’, Know More

National Award-winning actor Priyamani on Saturday replaced Keerthy Suresh in Ajay Devgn-starrer sports drama ‘Maidaan’. Based on the golden years of Indian football, the film is being directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma of 'Badhaai Ho' fame. Ajay will portray Syed Abdul Rahim who served as coach and manager of Indian football team from 1950 until his death in 1963.

Keerthy, who was roped in to play the character of a mother, left the project as the makers felt that she looked “too young” for the part. “Keerthy shot for the film for a day.

After the shoot the makers and Keerthy both felt that she looked too young as she had lost a lot of weight since being signed for the film to authentically portray the role of a mother as has been written in the script,” a statement from the makers read. Keerthy, 27, and the producers then decided to part ways so as to stay true and authentic to the film’s story. Priyamani, 35, most recently featured alongside Manoj Bajpayee in Amazon original 'The Family Man'.

She will set to portray Sasikala in Jayalalithaa biopic 'Thalaivi'. 'Maidaan' is produced by Zee Studios, Boney Kapoor, Akash Chawla and Arunava Joy Sengupta. Saiwyn Quadros and Ritesh Shah have been credited for screenplay and dialogues, respectively. The film is scheduled to be released on November 27.

Ajay Devgn And Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’ Is Unstoppable

Ajay Devgn’s latest release, Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior is unstoppable at the box-office. The film collected Rs 10.06 crore on Friday, taking the total collection to Rs 128.97 crore. It crossed Rs 100-crore mark on its sixth day (Wednesday). Till Thursday, the film had earned Rs 118.91 crore.

Sharing the box-office figures, trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote on Twitter, ''#Tanhaji emerges a big favourite of moviegoers... Maintains a strong grip on Fri... Strong chance of hitting Rs 200 cr, if it maintains the rhythm... #Maharashtra record run continues... Big growth on the cards... Fri 10.06 cr. Total: Rs 128.97 cr. #India biz.''

This is Ajay Devgn's fifth consecutive film to cross the Rs 100 crore mark after De De Pyaar De (2019), Total Dhamaal (2019), Raid (2018) and Golmaal Again (2017). Tanhaji is also the first Rs 100 crore film for Saif Ali Khan after his 2013 film Race 2. Saif plays the role of the antagonist Uday Bhan, while Kajol is seen as Savitribai Mausare, wife of the great warrior Tanaji Malusare.