Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; March 24, 2018)

Ranbir Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Arjun Kapoor, Kartik Aaryan, Dino Morea and Aparshakti Khurrana, among others, are headed to Singapore in April to play a charitable football match, proceedings of which will go to an NGO. Joining them are directors Shoojit Sircar and Shashank Khaitan. The celebrities are representing producer Bunty Walia’s All Stars Football club, co-founded with Ranbir and Abhishek. Sidharth Malhotra and Aditya Roy Kapur who are also part of the team will give the event a miss due to prior work commitments. The match will be held on April 22 at Jalan Besar stadium in the Lion’s City.

A source says, “The Indian actors and directors will be in Singapore for two days to face-off with well-known celebrities from the city, including footballers Rafi Ali, Lim Tong Hai, PJ Roberts and Lionel Lewis, actors Randall Tan, Andew Lua, Timothy Nga and filmmaker Paul Sng, among others. A day before the match, all the celebrity players will also attend a charity dinner.”

Ranbir, Abhishek and Arjun are yet to kick off practice for the match as they are busy shooting for Brahmastra in Bulgaria, Manmarziyan in Delhi and Namaste England in Punjab respectively. Their teammates are training with Australian coach Govi Tyler at a ground in Bandra.