Bollywood movies based on cricket
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01/13Bollywood movies based on cricket
They often say in India, that cricket is not just a sport, but a religion. Let’s have a look at some of the most iconic Bollywood movies which were based on this game.
02/13Lagaan (2001) Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Lagaan is undoubtedly the most memorable cricket movies in of all time. With a mix of cricket and patriotism, and Amitabh Bachchan’s brilliant narration, the story of the epic-sports-drama movie revolves around Bhuvan and the people of his village, who defeat the ruling Britishers and make them leave their district.
03/13Iqbal (2005) Director: Nagesh Kukunoor
Iqbal (Shreyas Talpade) is a deaf-and-mute boy who aspires to bowl fast and play cricket for India against the wish of his anti-cricket father Anwar (Yatin Karyekar). After he was rejected by a cricket academy, his sister Khadija (Shweta Prasad) seeks out the help of the local drunkard and ex-cricketer Mohit (Naseeruddin Shah).
04/13Say Salaam India (2007) Director: Subhash Kapoor
The movie narrates a perpetual contest between Royal Heritage School and Adarsh Vidya Mandir. Hari Sadu (Sanjay Suri) tries to coach Royal Heritage School, but cannot come to terms with the boys’ ostentatious and lazy attitude, and is replaced by Harry Oberoi (Milind Soman).
05/13Hattrick (2007) Director: Milan Luthria
'Hattrick' is a tale of three sets of people — the first involving an ex-cricketer David Abraham (Danny Denzongpa) and the cynic Dr Satyajit Chavan, aren’t the biggest supporters of the sport; Hemu Patel (Paresh Rawal), a wannabe English immigrant who is confronted with racism; and Sarabjeet Singh (Kunal Kapoor), an avid cricket-lover, and his wife Kashmira (Rimi Sen), who thinks cricket is pointless.
06/13Chain Kulii ki Main Kulii (2007) Director: Kittu Saluga
The movie is about Karan (Zain Khan), a 13-year-old who lives in an orphanage and gets the golden opportunity of representing India in international cricket.
07/13Meerabai Not Out (2008) Director: Chandrakant Kulkarni
Meera Achrekar (Mandira Bedi) is a school-teacher who lives in a Shivaji Park Chawl with her brother Manoj (Mahesh Manjrekar), and is a diehard cricket fan and an avid Anil Kumble worshipper in the movie.
08/13Jannat (2008) Director: Kunal Deshmukh
Arjun (Emraan Hashmi), a small-time gambler, gets involved in the convoluted world of cricket betting, and reaches dizzying heights at a rapid pace.
09/13Dil Bole Hadippa! (2009) Director: Anurag Singh
When Rohan (Shahid Kapoor) has a trial session to select upcoming players, Veera (Rani Mukherji) goes disguised as a boy called Veer Pratap Singh, and gets selected. What follows next is a comedy of errors over Veera’s true gender.
10/13Patiala House (2011) Director: Nikhil Advani
The story of conflict in a father-son duo, in which Parghat aka Gattu (Akshay Kumar) gets selected in the National squad of England cricket team against the wishes of father Gurtej Kahlon (Rishi Kapoor).
