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Jhund starring Amitabh Bachchan has been creating quite the stir ever since its release on the 4th of March. Directed by Nagraj Manjule, the biographical sports drama follows the story of a football coach named Vijay Barse, who teaches the sport to children and youth living in slums. The film has been garnering appreciation from critics and viewers alike. But, how much do you know about the story of the man who inspired Big B’s character – the real-life Vijay Barse? Well, fret not. We have got you covered. Read on to know about his extraordinary journey. 

In 2014, Vijay Barse detailed his story on the first episode of the third season of Aamir Khan’s television show, Satyameva Jayate, where he featured as a speaker. Barse shared that he was a sports teacher in Nagpur’s Hislop College. One fine day in 2001, he saw a few children from the slum playing in the rain as they kicked a broken bucket. That’s when he gave them a football. Another time, he saw a group of children kicking around a tennis ball. That’s when it hit Barse – as long as the children are on the fields, they are away from forming any bad habits. 

Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor has been around in Bollywood for quite some time now.

The actor made his debut way back in 2003 with the film Ken Ghosh's Ishq Vishk along with Amrita Rao and Shenaz Treasury.

The movie was an instant hit and couldn't have been a better launchpad for Shahid, who really stamped his authority in the movies he did throughout the rest of his career.

Now, while Shahid even won a bunch of awards for his Bollywood debut for the film including a Filmfare, Stardust, IIFA, and Zee Cine one, there was another actor who thrilled audiences that particular year.

Actor Varun Dhawan's throwback Thursday is packed with comedy, revisiting BTS moments from sets of 'Coolie No. 1'.

Taking to his Instagram handle, Varun shared a picture in which he can be seen wearing a pink dress, long white socks and a short blunt hairstyle wig.

His co-star Sara Ali Khan proudly posed alongside, wearing a peach saree.

In the caption, Varun wrote, "Who`s prettier. Tbt to the time I had to dress like a chick and @saraalikhan95 was super impressed."

A special, private screening of Amitabh Bachchan’s Jhund was hosted for Aamir Khan recently and a video from the screening revealed that the actor got emotional after the movie came to an end. In the video shared by T-Series on YouTube, Aamir teary-eyed after watching the film and was all praise for the sports drama.

Jhund, directed by Sairat helmer Nagraj Popatrao Manjule, revolves around a coach who is trying to change the lives of a few underprivileged children living in the slums. The movie is based on the life and events of Slum Soccer founder Vijay Barse.

Amitabh Bachchan is an uber-active social media user. There is not a single day when the legendary actor doesn’t share a slice of his daily life on his blog post. On February 27, Amitabh Bachchan took to Twitter and wrote, “Heart pumping .. concerned .. and the hope (sic).” This left his fans worried and they started flooding social media with 'get well soon' messages. Later, Big B took to his blog post and clarified the tweet.

On February 27, Amitabh Bachchan, who always numbers his tweets, wrote, “T 4205 - heart pumping .. concerned .. and the hope (sic).” This left his fans worried, who thought the actor wasn’t well. Netizens took to the comment section and wrote, “Prayers (sic)”, “Prayers for the Speedy recovery (sic)”, amid others.