Anushka Sharma starts her prep work for ‘Chakda Xpress’, to shoot in the UK for a month this summer – Times of India

According to a report in a news portal, Anushka is going all out to make this the biggest film on a woman sports legend of India. The report also added that With ‘Chakda Xpress’, she is looking to change the discourse of how sports films based on women should be mounted in India. There can be no half measures when you set out with a vision this lofty.

‘Chakda Xpress’ traces Jhulan’s inspirational journey as she moves up the ladder despite the hindrances posed by misogynistic politics to fulfil her dream of playing cricket for India. She succeeded in her goal and went on to captain the Indian women’s national cricket team and is a role model for aspiring cricketers in the country. In 2018, an Indian postage stamp was issued in her honour.

Anushka Sharma has given us memorable female protagonists in Indian cinema. Her magnificent body of work shows how she has given audiences some of the most incredible leading ladies in Indian cinema in films like ‘Sultan’, ‘NH10’, ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’, ‘Pari’, ‘Phillauri’, ‘PK’, to name a few.

On the personal front, she is happily married to Virat Kohli. The couple has a daughter named Vamika.