800

800 (2023)

Muttiah Muralitharan's inspirational journey shedding light on the challenges and triumphs that defined his illustrious cricket career is brought together here.

Date of release
2023-10-06
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (10)
Runtime
2h 38m
Genres
Drama
Director
M. S. Sripathy

Casting

Interesting facts

800 is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language biographical sports film based on the life and career of Sri Lankan international cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan, the highest wicket-taker in the history of cricket. The film is directed by M. S. Sripathy, written by him and Shehan Karunatilaka, produced by Movie Train Motion Pictures and Vivek Rangachari, and presented by Sridevi Movies, Sivalenka Krishna Prasad. It stars Madhur Mittal as Muralitharan.

Production

The film was originally announced with Vijay Sethupathi starring, and he received criticism. Muralitharan released a statement requesting the actor to drop out, citing he did not want Sethupathi to "face any kind of trouble". Critics had lamented Muralitharan's neutral stance during the Sri Lankan civil war and his support for Mahinda Rajapaksa's political party after the conclusion of the war.

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