Former cricketer Ajay Jadeja today made a foray into Bollywood with the muhurat of his debut film at a studio in Mumbai, though he said cricket will always be his first love.

"Cricket has been my first love and will always be so", Jadeja told reporters at Subhash Ghai's Audeus Studios.

The former Indian middle order batsman, who is challenging the ban imposed by the BCCI for his alleged involvement in the betting and match-fixing scandal, said he was fighting the ban and in no way was bidding goodbye to cricket.

Speaking about the film, Jadeja said, "I am playing a character who behaves and talks the way I do in real life though I had to learn quite a bit while preparing for the role".

"Most of the people who are coming to films have undergone acting classes or some sort of professional training, but in my case I have to start from the beginning and have a lot to learn", Jadeja said and added that though he had done ad-films, a movie was something very different.

"Since it is my debut film, I wanted to make sure I get a good role and was very careful while choosing this movie to be directed by Yusuf Khan, his first directorial venture, and produced by Pammi Sandhu", Jadeja added.

The film also has Sunil Shetty while the heroine is yet to be decided.

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