da bet sport： Former cricketer Ajay Jadeja today made a foray into Bollywood withthe muhurat of his debut film at a studio in Mumbai, though he saidcricket will always be his first love
26-Apr-2001Former cricketer Ajay Jadeja today made a foray into Bollywood withthe muhurat of his debut film at a studio in Mumbai, though he saidcricket will always be his first love.”Cricket has been my first love and will always be so”, Jadeja toldreporters at Subhash Ghai’s Audeus Studios.The former Indian middle order batsman, who is challenging the banimposed by the BCCI for his alleged involvement in the betting andmatch-fixing scandal, said he was fighting the ban and in no way wasbidding goodbye to cricket.Speaking about the film, Jadeja said, “I am playing a character whobehaves and talks the way I do in real life though I had to learnquite a bit while preparing for the role”.”Most of the people who are coming to films have undergone actingclasses or some sort of professional training, but in my case I haveto start from the beginning and have a lot to learn”, Jadeja said andadded that though he had done ad-films, a movie was something verydifferent.”Since it is my debut film, I wanted to make sure I get a good roleand was very careful while choosing this movie to be directed by YusufKhan, his first directorial venture, and produced by Pammi Sandhu”,Jadeja added.The film also has Sunil Shetty while the heroine is yet to be decided.