Azhar is a 2016 Indian sports drama film directed by Tony D'Souza. The story is written by Rajat 

Arora and is inspired from the life of Indian cricketer and former national team captain Mohammad 

Azharuddin. The film is produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor for Sony Pictures Networks and

 features Emraan Hashmi in the titular role. Nargis Fakhri, Prachi Desai and Lara Dutta play crucial 

supporting roles. The sports action was done by Rob Miller of ReelSports.^[2] The film released worldwide on 13 May 2016.^[3]

The movie begins with Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin (Emraan Hashmi) scoring a century in

 his 99th test match, but he soon faces allegations of match-fixing as his name has been linked with 

a London based bookie M.K. Sharma aka Shaun (Rajesh Sharma). The India cricket board slaps a life-

ban on him. Azhar decides to challenge the ban in court with the help of his lawyer friend Reddy (Kunaal Roy Kapoor).