Sports Films

Mukkabaaz shows how Bollywood's successfully co-opted desi sports in its onscreen tales

Cinematically telling stories about desi sports is a smart choice and Mukkabaaz is only the latest example

Sachin: A Billion Dreams review — Tendulkar’s story told from the heart leaves you enthralled

The Sachin biopic takes you on a journey of nostalgia and you are transported to a day and age where life was simple, and hopes of a country centred on the shoulders of a young, curly-haired Mumbaikar.

With Gold, Soorma and more women-centric narratives, Bollywood sports films come of age

The emergence of the biopic genre changed the fortunes of the sports film as Indian audiences have started to look at sports beyond cricket.

Sachin: A Billion Dreams review — Tendulkar's story is told captivatingly

we're bringing you a live review from the theatre, where Sachin: A Billion Dreams is being screened

Shraddha Kapoor will play Saina Nehwal in biopic based on badminton ace, not Deepika Padukone

Saina Nehwal was pleased with the decision to cast Shraddha Kapoor in the biopic based on her life

Dangal, Lagaan, Chak De! India, Paan Singh Tomar: The sports film as a political phenomenon

The phenomenal successes of Sultan and Dangal in 2016 make it apparent that the sports film has become a reliable commercial model in Indian cinema today — but this has not always been the case.

After MS Dhoni, Sushant Singh Rajput to play paralympian Murlikant Petkar

Sushant Singh Rajput's next project could see him playing 1972 Paralympic Games hero Murlikant Petkar

Fierce: Anushka Sharma's first look in 'Sultan' is even better than Salman Khan's!

Anushka Sharma's first look in Sultan is out and the actress looks fierce as a wrestler