Actress Saiyami Kher took to social media to drop the first look of her forthcoming film ‘Ghoomer’, a film in which she will be seen essaying the role of a cricketer alongside her ‘Breathe: Into the shadows’ co-star, Abhishek Bachchan. The still features the actress in an intense expression, standing next to Abhishek Bachchan who plays the role of her coach in the film.
Interestingly, Saiyami has even played cricket at the school level for Maharashtra. The actress even made it to the national team selection, but she opted for badminton state championships instead. Saiyami Kher is also a part of Tahira Kashyap’s upcoming movie ‘Sharmaji Ki Beti’ and Ashiwny Iyer Tiwary’s ‘Faadu’. While ‘Ghoomer’ is being directed by R. Balki and also stars Shabana Azmi in a significant role.
Saiyami said, “While growing up I always thought i would be a sportsperson some day since I loved being associated with the sports since my childhood. But when acting came into the picture, I realised I loved facing the camera and the different life that it brought with each character that I played onscreen. But somewhere deep down in my heart I also wanted to always play a cricketer onscreen and fulfill my dream of being a cricketer no matter, even if meant as a role onscreen. Ghoomer gave me that opportunity, it’s like dream come true project for me. It was emotionally and physically challenging role but I enjoyed every bit of it. I don’t want to restrict myself and want to play more and more characters.”
In 2015, Kher made her debut with Telugu film Rey and appeared in Rakesh Omprakash Mehra‘s Punjabi folklore Mirza Sahiban based Hindi film Mirzya opposite Harshvardhan Kapoor in following the year. In 2020, She appeared in Mayank Sharma’s web series Breathe alongside Abhishek Bachchan. In 2021, she did a role in Telugu movie Wild Dog (film) with Nagarjuna Akkineni as an NIA Agent. The theatrical release of film was on April 02, 2021. Later, it was on Netflix India.
