Shahid Kapoor injured his mouth while shooting for ‘Jersey’.

Shahid Kapoor Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor after delivering a stellar performance in ‘Kabir Singh’, the Hindi remake of Telugu hit film 'Arjun Reddy', is all set to star in another hindi remake titled ‘Jersey’. The actor while shooting a scene at the Mohali Stadium on Friday got injured, he was hit by a ball on his mouth.

As per the reports, Shahid was playing perfectly fine and rehearsing before the shot, when the ball unexpectedly came and hit him on the lower lip and cut open a wide gash where blood started gushing out. He was immediately taken for treatment and a doctor was rushed to see him. To close the wound, stitches were sutured by the doctor.

His wife Mira Rajput left for Chandigarh to be by his side, she stated, “He is fine now. But the injury was a deep cut so he had to get 13 stitches. Mira has rushed to Chandigarh now on hearing the news. There’s nothing to worry anymore,”
The actor will take a break for the next few days as he has a heavily bruised lower lip. He will resume filming after the swelling subsides and the wound is healed.

‘Jersey’ is an official remake of the 2019 Telugu film with the same title into Hindi. The movie is  directed by Goutam Tinnanuri and produced by Dil Raju, Allu Aravind and Aman Gill under Sri Venkateswara Creations and Geetha Arts, and stars Shahid Kapoor and Mrunal Thakur. It is scheduled to release on 28 August 2020.