Sports films that echo India's pride on Independence Day
Karen Noronha
Aug 14, 2023
Chak De! India
The Shah Rukh Khan-led fictional film delves on subjects like feminism, sexism, partition, bigotry, and prejudice
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Featuring Farhan Akhtar, it shows the sprinter's upbringing and & how he became India's most revered athletes
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Drama on how in 1893, a British officer challenges villagers - burdened by high taxes - to a game of cricket
Mary Kom
Priyanka Chopra enacts the life of legendary Indian boxer MC Mary Kom who is balancing her family and career
Dangal
The Aamir Khan-led story is on the life of the Phogat family of wrestlers, particularly Geeta and Babita Kumari
Gold
Based on independent India's first national hockey team and its gold medal-winning debut at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Iqbal
Story about a cricket-obsessed deaf and mute boy who aims to overcomes difficulties to become a cricketer
83
The biographical drama starring Ranveer Singh on the life of Indian cricketers who won the 1983 Cricket World Cup
Paan Singh Tomar
Based on a Indian Army soldier & 7-time national steeplechase champion, who later became an armed rebel
Soorma
Based on former Indian hockey team player & Olympian Sandeep Singh, who was left paralysed after getting hit by a gunshot
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Based on the life of former Indian cricketer and captain MSD and how he led to side to win the the 2011 World Cup
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