Sports!! a new Spice for Bollywood

Ekta khangawal

                                                                                                       

Film has a uniquely powerful ubiquity within human culture. The collective nature of the narrative and visual stimulation makes the experience enjoyable and when the films are based on sports, the experience becomes more enjoyable as well stimulating. Sports are rule-governed contests of physical skill in which humans compete against one another. In the sports film such athletic contests play a central role in defining the main characters.

Though India is the largest film making country but in the history of 100 years we can hardly find films based on sports or sportsperson. But recently a new trend of sports based films could be seen. Chak de India, Pan Singh Tomar and now Bhag Milkha Bhag are the reflection of  new trend of Bollywood. A Sport Film revolves around a sport setting, event, or an athlete. Often, these films will center on a single sporting event that carries significant importance. These films put an emphasis on the large events in the subject’s life and chronicle the fame and glory that accompany sports. Chak De! India explores religious bigotry, the legacy of the partition of India, ethnic and regional prejudice, and sexism in contemporary India through field hockey. Production for the film began after Jaideep Sahni decided to write a fictional screenplay based on the winning of the Gold by the Indian women's field hockey team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games . Although some media outlets compared Kabir Khan to real-life hockey player Mir Ranjan Negi. Paan Singh Tomar is an Indian biographical, sports film based on the true story of an athlete Paan Singh Tomar employed by the Indian Army and who won a gold medal at Indian National Games, but was forced to become a notorious bandit. Nagesh Kukunoor directed Iqbal tells the story of Iqbal,a deaf and mute boy, who dreams of playing cricket for India. The local drunkard, Mohit (Naseeruddin Shah), who was once a great cricketer, helped Iqbal to achieve his dreams. 

Bhag Milkha Bhag  is a Bio-pic of celebrated Indian sprinter Milkha Singh's roller-coaster life. The film, starring Farhan Akhtar as Milkha, details the athlete's journey from a boy displaced during Partition to his early years in a gang of petty thieves, followed by his recruitment in the Indian army from where he went on to become a sports hero. The Bio-pic of Milkha Singh has created new enthusiasm for sports in youngsters and they got to know about India’s first ever Gold won by The Flying Sikh in 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games. 

The Sports Bio-Pic dramatizes the life of a historically important athlete or an important sports team. The Sports Bio-Pic often stretches the truth for dramatic effect and the accuracy is often questioned. To look like as Milkha Singh, Farhan Akhtar had undergone tough physical training. Farhan Akhtar's sincere performance. is the film's biggest strength. From his convincing accent and his dialogue delivery to the sheer best of his physical presence, Farhan is riveting as Milkha. Similarly leading actress Priyanka Chopra is also undergoing tough Boxing training as she is playing the character in Bio-pic of five time world boxing champion Mary kom. These kinds of Bio-pics depict the achievements and struggle of champions and also create new role models for younger generation. The inclusion of sports should be done with greater responsibility so that these  films could help in generating sports culture  in country.