Bollywood wins with women's sports movie

I'm kinda stunned that you know about this movie! Hockey scenes were filmed in Melbourne using girls from the local hockey clubs as athletes for competing nations. One of my good mates was in it as one of the Argentinian players, so i'm stoked that it's getting such good reviews :D It's playing in Hoyts cinemas in Melbourne for anyone in the area who wants to see it.

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

I agree with Gin.

Glad you brought up Bollywood with this movie.. I'm a desi girl so if you need any explaining of the hindi let me know :]

The movie is actually funny, I saw a bit of the beginning.. and the girls who play in the hockey team are awesome.

Thanks for the lovely blog <3

Thanks for consistently posting on international and non-english happenings, its rare and refreshing!  And curse you for reignighting my Geena Davis crush-I'm totally off the wagon again!

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One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory. ~ Rita Mae Brown

Sport movies are fairly rare in Bollywood, and when they are made guys are usually the main focus. So it was refreshing to see this movie. What was also refreshing was the non stereotypical portrayal of women from all over the country, belonging to different regions. Another refreshing aspect of the movie is the wide and diverse range of women. They're not all "girly" and glamorous as most female actors in Bollywood flicks seem to be. Here we have a wide range of personalities, in a wide range of sizes from the non conforming tomboyish character who proudly asserts herself, to the towering player who is ever ready to protect her team from malicious comments by using her strength, to an experienced jealous player who believes she's not being respected enough and the unassuming and encouraging team captain trying to keep rivalries under control. 

It's kind of annoying how the focus is constantly on the coach. They should have spent more time on focusing on team bonding. But then again I guess he is meant to be the star factor drawing in the crowds to the cinemas.

They have an interesting section on all the players on the main site..if you're interested.

 http://www.yashrajfilms.com/microsites/cdi/cdi.html

Hey I'm from India and oh my god I'm thrilled this movie made the AE blog.

I've seen it three times and counting. This movie means so much to me and my friends where we're told to sort of ignore situations and deal with the bias and for the first time a movie addresses this right in the face. There is no romance and there is no glamour and the movie is about sports and about these girls who each face their own problems in ways that are moving and just amazing to watch.

The movie is also worth seeing for Bindiya Naik played by Shilpa Shukla, she's a bad-ass and has lesbian-favourite written all over!!!

Thanks for the heads up on this movie--I'll definitely add it to my list of movies to see (I'm a sucker for a good Bollywood flick).

Sidenote: Is anyone else struck by how similar that first picture is to that one scene from the Under Armour commercial Scribe posted about a few weeks ago?

My best friend is Indian and got me into Bollywood movies.  I haven't seen one in a long time but I'm excited to suggest this to her. =)

http://onefootinonefootout.blogspot.com/

Ok saw it, loved it.. if you really like sports and with more girls and very little men on set.. you'll enjoy..

I will give the movie about 8/10 for the girls who played the sports and keeping in character through-out some seem potential actresses.