The trailer for the upcoming biopic, '800' based on former Sri Lanka cricket Muttiah Muralitharan was released in Mumbai on Tuesday.
The movie, written and directed by MS Sripathy and starring Madhur Mittal in the lead role, is yet to receive a release date.
The trailer opens up to a news relay on a violent clash between the Tamils in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, and the police. We then see glimpses of how a young Sri Lankan Tamil boy with big dreams fights all odds and the discrimination he faces for his Tamil identity to become the pride of the nation. As actor Nassar’s character states, “For someone who hails from a group of immigrant labourers, getting recognised as a citizen itself is difficult. Today, he has grown to a place where the whole nation is looking at him in awe.”
