Muthiah Muralidaran expected to visit Kolkata to promote biopic '800'

Kolkata: Sri Lankan great Muthiah Muralidaran is expected to arrive here on September 28 to promote his upcoming biographical movie 800.

The legendary Sri Lankan cricketer with actor Madhurr Mittal will also be visiting Saltlake Shiksha Niketan School to promote his movie.

Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire actor Madhur Mittal will be seen portraying the role of the legendary Sri Lankan spinner in his biopic.

The film will be released on October 6 in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu.

The film that is an underdog story chronicles his life from a young boy to the greatest spinner that he became with 800 wickets record in test cricket.

The film will show more of his personal story also touching upon his glorious career.

SACHIN TENDULKAR UNVEILS TRAILER OF MUTHIAH MURALIDARAN BIOPIC ‘800’... 6 OCT RELEASE… #SachinTendulkar unveiled the trailer of the #MuthiahMuralidaran biopic, titled 800 [#800TheMovie]… #SanathJayasuriya was also present at the event.

Trailer: https://t.co/e21A4LjQH2… pic.twitter.com/0zDMU3N3UH

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 5, 2023

Muthiah is expected to hold a media conference during visit in which former India captain Sourav Ganguly is likely to join, sources said. (UNI)