Somehow sports movies have done well in India in the past. A recent example was Lagaan, which had a chunk of storyline based on the game of Cricket and Chak De India which is purely based on the condition of Indian Women's Hockey team and how a single person makes it win the World Cup. It is not a story about how hockey should be played or how it should be won, it is more about what it means to be deterministic, what teamwork is all about and what one can learn in life with their defeats more than their successes. By the way the story of the film is based on the life of former Indian Hockey Goalkeeper and coach of the women's Indian Hockey team, Mir Ranjan Negi.
Although I would have personally liked the treatment to the subject a little less dramatic, but hey I am not complaining. This is a Bollywood flick and it always deserves a little bit more drama than usual :)
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