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Nagesh Kukunoor (writer)
Release Date:
20 January 2006 (USA) more
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India - a Nation obsessed with cricket - and it is not very often one comes across anyone who loathes cricket as much as farmer Anwar Khan... more | add synopsis
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Cricket
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Cricket Match
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Character Repeating Someone Else's Dialogue
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Sign Language
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1 win & 7 nominations more
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(15 articles)
Shahid to star in Nagesh Kukunoor's film? - News
(From GlamSham. 11 November 2009, 2:29 AM, PST)
Shreyas Talpade: The quicksilver of the silver screen
(From RealBollywood. 16 June 2009, 8:40 PM, PDT)
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Take a bow Nagesh Kukunoor more (23 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Naseeruddin Shah | ... | Mohit |
| Girish Karnad | ... | Guruji |
| Shreyas Talpade | ... | Iqbal |
| Shweta Prasad | ... | Khadija |
| Yatin Karyekar | ... | Anwar |
| Prateeksha Lonkar | ... | Saida |
| Dilip Salgaonkar | ... | Bipin |
| Jyoti Joshi | ... | Farida |
| Aadarsh Balakrishna | ... | Kamal |
| Gururaj Manepalli | ... | Akash |
| Rajita Joshi | ... | Doctor |
| Srikanth Chitrao | ... | Sunil Mitra, the Selector |
| Vikram Inamdar | ... | DeSouza, the Team Manager |
| Elahe Hiptoola | ... | TV Reporter |
| Balaji Manohar | ... | Mohammed, the Team Captain |
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Mohit: [to Guruji] For a long time I wanted to say this to you, my father and all others who wanted my good, go to HELL! more
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AASHAEIN... more
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Everybody wants to see the underdog triumph. But what we Don't want to see in the process is unnecessary over-the-top pity/sympathy created for the underdog. Nagesh Kukunoor understands this. He gives us the kind of cinema which is entertaining, simple and intelligent. The plot itself is simple but it's always difficult to keep it simple and yet entertain. "Iqbal" achieves this. The moment we see Iqbal(played wonderfully by Shreyas Talpade) with his rag-tag "kit bag" slung over his shoulders,carrying it like it was his most prized possession and steaming in bare feet with that look in his eyes, we want him to win. We want him to knock the socks out of the opponent (batsmen, wheeler-dealer coaches and anyone who's in his way), we want to see the world recognize him. That's what "iqbal" does to you. Iqbal's journey ( I wouldn't call it a struggle because the triumph was in his journey) takes us into his village with its rustic dusty backgrounds, buffaloes named after cricketers and a drunk ex-almost-was Naseeruddin Shah, not to mention his family. Shreyas Talpade holds his own against Naseer who seems as though he just woke up drunk in a haystack and carried on from there without knowing there was a film crew around him. Shweta Prasad as Iqbal's sister is just gifted, she brings a maturity to her character which is beyond her age, outstanding. The cricket part is handled very effectively and doesn't look amateurish.The dirt behind the selection process, you-help-me-i'll-help you situations is shown well although Kukunoor solves it simply as well. It might just be a tad more complicated than that in the real Indian cricket world. Nagesh Kukunoor seems to be growing as a film maker with each movie. His "Teen Deewarein" was splendid and Iqbal is a step further in the right direction. He has handled the potentially could-have-been-overdone story to a nicety and manages to bring out the emotions without the usual " look at me, i'm all pitiable and lovable" stuff. Iqbal isn't pitiable, but he sure is lovable.