It is well known that Abhay Deol and Emily Shah starrer sports biopic on Rugby coach Rudraksh Jena is all set to release soon. The movie has been produced by Shabbir Boxwala and Prashant Shah. The film has already been wrapped and finally the team launched the first poster at Cannes film festival.

Taking to his Instagram, producer Shabbir Boxwala shared the first look of Jungle Cry on the occasion of Republic Day. He wrote, “This is the 66th Republic Day for the world’s largest democracy India…We the team of the film JUNGLE CRY are proud to bring you soon a story of our country’s Tribal Kids achievement in the field of sports by winning the world Rugby junior cup in England in 2007 by training in just flat 4 months without any prior knowledge of the game.”

Abhay Deol will essay the role of rugby coach Rudraksh Jena. Talking about this story, he said that the kids were football players who only had four months to learn rugby. With their determination, they went onto to win the World Cup in the UK. It is an underdog story and that is what made him sign the film. They want everyone to know the story. They also have British footballer Paul Walsh and Dr Achyuta Samanta, who run Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences on board with them.

The film also features actress Emily Shah who is daughter of producer Prashant Shah.

Director Sagar Ballary and actress Emily Shah along with producer Prashant Shah has launched the first official poster of the film Jungle Cry.