Say Salaam India

Say Salaam India is a movie, as with most sports movies, on how commitment and love for what you do is all it takes to leap over the highest hurdles.

It’s about four boys who love the game even as they play it on streets. Then on the other hand is the posh school where the cricket team boasts of talent but passion that is misplaced. Enter the coach, Hari Sadu. Soon he is shown the exit. He turns wrestlers into cricketers.  And it is the privileged versus the underpriviliged.

The movie was directed by Subhash Kapoor. Sanjay Suri played Hari Sadu with Sandhya Mridul as his wife. Milind Soman was the suave coach who steps in and takes over the school team after Sadu is thrown out.  Madhur Mittal, of the Slumdog Millionaire fame, also had  apart in this movie.

Cricket in Bollywood

Cricket and Bollywood. The unofficial national pastimes one could say. The recent IPL series was one such event where the lines seemed to blur. Then there are the cricket players intent on a stint in Bollywood. Surprisingly less than ten movies made exclusively on the game come to mind!

Lagaan

Say Salaam India

Iqbal

Meera Bhai Not Out

Victory

Hook Ya Crook

Hat Trick

Awwal Number

All Rounder

Hmm….guess the action live on field is more riveting.