Badhaai Ho director helms the sports - drama that stars Ajay as football coach, Syed Abdul Rahim.
End credits of the film shows surviving heroes of Syed Abdul Rahim's team until 2023.
In 1987, Rajendra Kumar signed Dilip Kumar to act with Kumar Gaurav in his home production "Maidaan". It was to be directed by Mukul S. Anand. It was later shelved to start Jurrat with David Dhawan.
The film tells the story of the golden era of Indian football, 1952-1962.
Boney Kapoor faced lot of losses as the sets had to be demolished due to Covid and the film kept getting delayed.