After the box office success of his last film, Vikas Bahl\u2019s home invasion drama Shaitaan, fans of Ajay Devgn can\u2019t wait to see him in a completely new avatar in Maidaan. On the occasion of his 55th birthday, the makers unveiled the final trailer of Maidaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final trailer builds on the first one, released a couple of weeks ago. It starts with Priyamani\u2019s character giving a pep talk to her husband Syed Abdul Rahim, played by Ajay. She lauds him for believing that India can achieve football glory in the imminent Olympics, back in the 1950s, in a newly independent nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Against Gajraj Rao\u2019s bureaucratic character, we see Ajay\u2019s Syed Abdul Rahim pick young footballers from the margins, building India\u2019s underdog team, player by player. However, as we see later in the trailer, Ajay and his team don\u2019t only have to face formidable competition in the stadium, but also the boos of the stadium crowd and of the mob protesting outside, demanding India to \u201cgo back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About Maidaan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talking about the film and his character of Syed Abdul Rahim, Ajay said in a statement, \u201cApart from being a great story, I never knew that something like that had happened in our country and football had reached its peak and only because of, I can\u2019t say one man, but one man and these players who changed the course of football in the \u201850s and \u201960s. In fact, I was shocked and surprised this would have happened and there is a person like him and that was the first thing that this story needs to be told.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After the box office success of his last film, Vikas Bahl\u2019s home invasion drama Shaitaan, fans of Ajay Devgn can\u2019t wait to see him in a completely new avatar in Maidaan. On the occasion of his 55th birthday, the makers unveiled the final trailer of Maidaan. The final trailer builds on the first one, released a couple of weeks ago. It starts with Priyamani\u2019s character giving a pep talk to her husband Syed Abdul Rahim, played by Ajay. She lauds him for believing that India can achieve football glory in the imminent Olympics, back in the 1950s, in a newly independent nation. Against Gajraj Rao\u2019s bureaucratic character, we see Ajay\u2019s Syed Abdul Rahim pick young footballers from the margins, building India\u2019s underdog team, player by player. However, as we see later in the trailer, Ajay and his team don\u2019t only have to face formidable competition in the stadium, but also the boos of the stadium crowd and of the mob protesting outside, demanding India to \u201cgo back.\u201d About Maidaan Talking about the film and his character of Syed Abdul Rahim, Ajay said in a statement, \u201cApart from being a great story, I never knew that something like that had happened in our country and football had reached its peak and only because of, I can\u2019t say one man, but one man and these players who changed the course of football in the \u201850s and \u201960s. In fact, I was shocked and surprised this would have happened and there is a person like him and that was the first thing that this story needs to be told.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,311],"tags":[55,54,60],"class_list":["post-14276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-indian-celebs","tag-entertainment","tag-news","tag-trending"],"yoast_head":"\n