We Started Azhar Shooting:Emran Hashmi

Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi, who will essay former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin in the upcoming biopic "Azhar", says the "journey" has begun. "The Dirty Picture" star took to micro-blogging net site Twitter on Saturday, where they shared that the cast & crew for the film has started shooting the film. "We start Azhar's journey wish us luck." Emraan tweeted. 

Directed by Tony D'Souza & produced by Balaji Motion Pics & MSM Motion Pics, "Azhar" will be released worldwide on may 16 2016. 

Azharuddin led the Indian cricket team for most of the 1990s. They was implicated in a match-fixing scandal in 2000, & banned for life. The Andhra Pradesh High Court lifted the ban in 2012.