Overview
- Shooting Stars 2025 took place on December 5 at Mumbai’s Cooperage Stadium, where Tiger Shroff mentored youngsters and captained Team Orange in a showcase match to promote Project Mahadeva.
- The initiative, organized under Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, positions Shroff as its public face to boost youth engagement and discipline-focused training.
- Officials say the statewide program is scouting thousands of U-13 boys and girls and has already shortlisted 120 players who have been training in Mumbai since November 27.
- From this group, 60 athletes — 30 boys and 30 girls — will be named for five-year government residential scholarships that bundle technical coaching, education and international exposure.
- The selected cohort is due to attend a special training clinic led by Lionel Messi on December 14, with scholarship awards scheduled at the event, as the project pursues a 2034 World Cup pipeline goal.