Netflix on Tuesday released the trailer of its upcoming sports comedy-drama Jaadugar, starring Panchayat and Kota Factory actor Jitendra Kumar, who plays a magician-turned-footballer in the upcoming film.
Jaadugar will be available for streaming on Netflix from July 15. The film is directed by Sameer Saxena and written by Biswapati Sarkar, both of whom are frequent collaborators at TVF.
Netflix India’s official Twitter handle shared the trailer and announced the release date of the film on Tuesday.
“Aila Jadoo! We mean Jeetu!!!! THE TRAILER FOR #JAADUGAR OUT NOW. Streaming from 15th July only on Netflix,” read the tweet.
The film also stars Jaaved Jaaferi as Jitendra’s coach and Arushi Sharma as his romantic interest.
The two-minutes-36-second long trailer starts with Jitendra Kumar introducing himself as Meenu, a.k.a “Magic Meenu”, a part-time lover and full-time magician in the trailer. Meenu lives in the football-crazed town of Neemuch and is a member of a football colony team even though he lacks athletic ability.
His team members have their own quirks, and Jaaved has a hard time motivating them to win an inter-colony tournament. Meanwhile, Meenu disregards his coach's requests and concentrates on his magic.
However, when Meenu falls in love with Arushi Sharma's character during an eye checkup, everything changes. Meenu proposes to her, but in order to marry her, he must lead his colony's football team to the finals. When the tables are turned on him, his coach refuses to accept Meenu back into the team, and he must learn to play football in order to reunite with the love of his life.
Watch the trailer here:
The 31-year-old actor who recently starred in Prime Video’s popular series Panchayat also shared the trailer on Instagram. “Main Meenu .. Raaton ki neendein Cheenu.. Trailer is here .. Streaming from 15th July on Netflix..,” the caption read.
The official synopsis: “Set in a football-loving town Neemuch, Jaadugar is a story of a small-time magician, Meenu, with no athletic skill who must prove his worth in a prestigious inter-colony football tournament, in order to marry the love of his life. There are just two things against him – the girl doesn’t love him back and his team hasn’t won a game in years!”
