Exclusive: Saiyami Kher Reveals Ghoomer United Her Passion For Sports And Cinema, Says “I Would Run To…”
She's played an unconventional role!
Saiyami Kher is playing the character of an amputee cricketer in the newly released film Ghoomer. She has received much appreciation from the audience and cricket players for her portrayal as well. The film is directed by R Balki and also stars Abhishek Bachchan in the lead role. In an exclusive chat with Hauterrfly, Saiyami Kher talked about her experience of shooting for Ghoomer and how she ran to be on the sets. Quite literally!
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Saiyami Kher on Ghoomer
Saiyami Kher appeared as a guest on Hauterrfly’s The Male Feminist show, and talked about both her passions – cricket and cinema converging for the movie Ghoomer. She said that doing this film was a dream come true for her. Saiyami said, “I would run to set, literally, as it was my practice to get into my character. I used to run four-and-a-half kilometres to set when we were shooting at a particular location.”
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Talking about the plot of the film, Saiyami Kher said, “Ghoomer is not a cricket story, per se. Yes, it is predominantly surrounding cricket sport but it is a human story about hardship.” The actress also added that this bit was what attracted her the most and got her to agree to do the part in Ghoomer.
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More about Ghoomer
The trailer of the film gave a glimpse into how Saiyami gets selected to play for Team India but she gets into an accident which leaves the doctors with no choice but to amputate her right hand. Here’s when Abhishek Bachchan steps in as her coach who trains her because Kher’s character has lost all hope and motivation of ever playing cricket.
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Also read: TMF: Saiyami Kher On Casting Couch, “I Was Told To Compromise For Work”
Apart from Saiyami and Abhishek, this R Balki film also stars Shabana Azmi and Angad Bedi in prominent roles. Ghoomer has released in theatres on August 18, 2023.
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First Published: August 18, 2023 1:53 PMTMF: Saiyami Kher Hadn’t Watched Films Till She Was 13, Here’s Why
