I watched Chak De! INDIA movie this weekend and its an excellent movie... me being a Hockey player and having played the game for over 8 years... I could relate myself to almost every scene in the movie[those training sessions... camps...coaches...] Let me remind everyone that Hockey is our National game [many may have forgotten...] and Cricket is just our national craze!! I don't blame cricket[even i am a crazy fan...] for the poor state of other games in India... its just that cricket has far reach... its more popular... has more media coverage and of course lots of money [:)]... but if you look at the administration run by BCCI its as bad or as good as any other sports associations in India.Lets come to the movie... Many said movie belongs to SRK... yes its an unconventional role for him which he has performed excellently... after Swades its this movie where he has tried to be different from his usual image... Many said SRK doesn't have opposite lead actress for the first time... but i say this movie has 16 lead actresses [the 16 players...] even though many got just couple of lines in entire movie... for some this movie is about showing team spirit, resolve, women power.... yes these things are also there... for me this movie is all about Hockey.... and Hockey is the winner all the way...
In Bollywood most of the film makers tired to make sports movies based on the popularity.. of course first choice is Cricket... some tired like racing and boxing... but for first time some has dared to make a full time movie on Hockey... thanx to Yash Raj Films and Shimit Amin [director] for bringing this movie... as we celebrate 60 years of Independence this movie has given a new life to our national game... this movie may or may not become a super hit... but definitely Hockey will be super hit again... CHAK DE! HOCKEY
[pic source:http://www.yashrajfilms.com/]
