Xtra Time Web Desk: The much-anticipated trailer of “Shabaash Mithu” was released on Monday with a bumper response. The film directed by noted filmmaker Srijit Mukherjee has Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu playing the role of Indian women cricketer Mithali Raj.
The trailer opens with Mithali (Taapsee) hitting fours and sixes amidst the cheers of fans in the background. In the next sequence it takes us to Mithali’s childhood, a young Tamil girl who is caught on the wrong foot after she catches a ball hit by her brother. Eventually, her talent is recognised by Vijay Raaz, a coach, and he encourages Mithali’s family to let her play cricket. Her family agrees, and she begins training. In the trailer Mithali was seen mocked and ridiculed by her fellow trainees but she manages to stand tall against them.
The trailer also highlights the struggle of the women’s cricket team to make their own identity. She raises her voice against the cricket board for their own jersey with their names written on it instead of the male cricketers.
Here is the trailer of Shabaash Mithu: