Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer out: Shubman Gill lends voice to Spidey in Hindi and Punjabi

Cricketer Shubman Gill, who has been busy IPL2023, has launched the Hindi and Punjabi trailers for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, introducing the first Indian Spider-Man named Pavitr Prabhakar.

Gill has been roped in as the voice actor to play Spider-Man India in the Hindi and Punjabi versions.  For the first time, a Hollywood film will be released in nine Indian languages -- Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, and Bengali -- apart from English. The release is slated for June 1.

The media statement announcing the trailer release says, "Whether it is the relatable dialogues or the grasping narrative that appears in the trailer, every bit of it will connect you to your Indian roots and will also excite you to get engrossed in the universe of Spider-Man, once again. And Indian fans have a big surprise as 'Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse' is all set to release a day prior in India before its US release!"