Chuk De India (CDI) : A Winner all the Way !!!!

When the film was about to release though I was very happy about the subject on which the film was made, but I was not sure how the film had shaped up.

Well all those apprehensions went out of the window no sooner India witnessed its first truely hollywood style movie. The shear brilliance of the film cannot be comprehended yet let me try it here. This movie was absolutely great and it had many dimensions to it and I shall put them across one by one

Choice of Subject: Actually story of the underdogs is a safe bet in all parts of the world. But both SRK and the director must be complimented to choose Hockey (a underprivileged Brother of Cricket) as a subject, And Women's Hockey!!!! Can any one name of one Women hockey player. I my self claim to be a sports fanatic but I simply have no answer to it. This was the subject these guys choose and hats off to them .... They Pulled it off

India: India was the most stressed word in the film. I wont go into why it is important to be proud to be an Indian because it has been dealt in the film.

Team Work: I have always urged to all the parents of young children to make their children play on the grounds rather than on Play Stations. Wasn’t the field Goal where the Haryana Girl, Chautala, passes the ball to Preeti Sabarwal a perfect example of how team comes first and then the individual glory. I have seen MNCs spending millions to teach the same by some or the other out bound programme. But nothing is as effective as sports. So please ….. please … play some sports and make the younger generation play too.

Under Current of Religion Bias: Mohd. Azharuddin was once called a “Perfect Modern Muslim” when he and India were doing well under him by “Hindu Samrat” Shri Balasaheb Thackrey. Post Cronje revelations…. He is a traitor… “Inki Toh Jaat Hi aaisi hai”, These guys should have been thrown off the country during partition itself. You know I feel ashamed. I feel ashamed of the fact that we “Hindus” have still not accepted Muslims as our countrymen after 60 years of Independence. Come on. There are good and bad people every where. Wasn’t Ajay Jadeja also named with Azhar. So why target his religion. We claim many times of equality when it is bought to our notice that we had Muslim Presidents, SRK and many other famous personalities are Muslims and we have given them equal treatment. Yes all this is true. But when it gets down to crunch situations, we target them first. As I said I am ashamed and I apologize to all my Muslim friends jinko aaj tak yeh maa apna beta nahi maan saki.

The point was subtly raised in the film. But the best part is no melodrama involved.

Film Making: The director of the film Shimit Amin might even not know what he has pulled off. I have seen a lot of Indian Films and I must say that only Ram Gopal Verma came close with Company and Sarkar to the Hollywood standard of films. But here Shimit has not only touched those standards but at places he has gone beyond any typical Hollywood sports movie. The best part to me of the film was not what he showed but the fact that he didn’t show many things. Many things that would have turned this feast into a nightmare. He didn’t show Kabir Khan’s 7 year struggle. He didn’t show the frustration of a Muslim in India, he didn’t actually show the man giving speeches when India won the World Cup. Any Indian film would not have missed the opportunity to show that. But Shimit did miss it and thankfully so. He knows, that a man does not necessarily cry when he is sad. Those emotions can come by showing a rock hard face. He did that!!!!

Performances : All the gals were brilliant but to be honest I cant take off “Preeti Sabarwal” of my head.

But one man…. Who carried the film …. All Alone…. Was …. Kabir Khan …. Or was it SRK…. Well if he was SRK, he never looked like one. I guess I have said it and u understood it. I guess I took a leaf of Shamit’s book. Lesser is better. But anyways hats off to SRK. Performance of a life time.

SRK: People usually compare SRK and Amitabh. Well I need to illustrate my experience here. Of Late I have been traveling to Europe and when I tell people I am from India. The next question they ask me is are u from the land of SRK. Well I wont comment on who is better but SRK is a Perfect Modern “INDIAN”. Aggressive, extremely hard working, talented, religious, one who has those Indian values and a family man. He has it all. It shouldn’t be a surprise that he emerges as a Brand Ambassador of India

Well all in all the movie was a experience of a life time. I hope people take something of it.

Jai Hind

Vikas Gupta

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India Glorious!!! Chak De as they say it

The most delightful sight moments after India pulled off the historic draw at The Oval was the one of Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar locked in ecstatic embrace. On a patch of turf where India had pulled off their maiden Test victory in England, the trio, a holy trinity in India's batting echelonshistory, were toasting a glorious series win, one built on the bedrock of team unity, partnerships and swing-bowling combinations. No one team member could lay claim to this series being theirs, it belonged to everyone.

Here was a captain supposed to be under scrutiny. Surrounding him were a couple of fading stars who ought to be riding into the sunset. Instead a team without a coach had found pockets of leadership in them. It was long felt Dravid suffered from not having a supportive vice-captain, but here he was being propped up by a couple of shrewd warhorses. India's series win was as much a tribute to the collective brains trust as it was to efforts with bat and ball. What this team lacked in modern coaching technique, it made up for in common sense.

None of India's batsmen made a big statement in the middle, yet everyone came with his own little jewels.

Dinesh Karthik isn't a classical opener - most expected him to fail - yet he showed how confidence could help overcome conditions. The hard work at the nets would have helped; the time spent sharing dinners with team-mates, especially those with a vast wealth of experience, were crucial

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a young man with a cowboy's reputation. But his clear-headedness and ability to adapt have played a part. He had a torrid time behind the stumps, he had edgy phases with the bat yet, when he needed to adapt, he stood up. Watching him assault Monty Panesar at The Oval was special, seeing him knuckle down and craft an ugly 76 at Lord's more so. Memorably he smiled his way through it all.

It's been a series for fun. India took their cricket seriously, yet made sure they had their fun. Here was a bunch of senior pros mingling with young boys, a get together of uncles and high-schoolers. On the first day at Lord's, India's frontline bowlers are flayed to different corners. In walks Ganguly and strikes first. When India batted, RP Singh stuck it out as a nightwatchman. Anil Kumble's maiden Test hundred was simply the icing on the cake. Bits and pieces don't get better.

At Nottingham Zaheer Khan ran in as if his life depended on it. Jelly beans were only part of the story. Here was a fast bowler desperate to win India a Test. RP Singh didn't merely land up at Lord's, he went all the way to the honours board. Yes, the same lanky, nonchalant Rudra Pratap who usually picked up the second fiddle. Even on the last day of the series he was bouncing Kevin Pietersen, forcing him to weave out of the way. Is that you, RP?

Lost amid the intrigue surrounding India's coach, both the previous one and the unknown newcomer, buried under the wretched disappointment over the World Cup, is the gradual re-evolution of India's Test side.

As of now its the time for champagne!!!

CDI : Jagoo India : Its Hi time

An interesting thing about 15th August and 26th January these days is releases of some interesting films in India.Swades and Rang De jump to your mind instantly.

This time again Yash Raj banner put their head together with SRK to tell us a story. A story that almost everyone of us have heard before..... but unfortunately very few have lived. I know a very few people who can claim that at any point of time of the lived their sport........ even for a month. Only a previllaged few amongst us can boast of understanding the real dynamics of a team and what real winning is all about. Yes I am talking about the not so well hyped release Chuk De India (CDI).

Its a story of an underdog who wants to win the ultimate prize.... the Women's Hockey World Cup!!!! .... After all as they say Winning is the only thing that matters.

Anyways why am I putting this across? Nopes I havent joined the Yash Raj Marketing and promotion team.

Well actually for someone who has spent his time more on Cricket and Football grounds than in the class rooms, for some one who learn manmanagement by sweating it out and not inside AC class rooms of MBA, for some one who learnt team dynamics, trust, sacrifices by falling and then getting up on the "maidans", this film makes people like me extremely excited and happy.

Any effort, to promote sports culture in India always is always a welcome and hence I don't even care how good/ bad the film is. As long as it makes people talk and do something about sports in India.... The film would have done its job. Indian and Indian Companies needs to realise that instead of spending thousands of Crores of Rupees in Team Building exercises and out bound programme, if we in India play our Sports while growing up, you wont require those bull shit things. Its only on a Football/ hockey groundthat u learn to pass the ball at the last moment to your team mate because he is in a better position to put in the ball into the net. What else can teach you not to worry about personal glory ahead of team glory.

I sincerely hope that this movie isn't a disaster and it serves it purpose of awaking the dead of the country.

SRK says "I hope after the film is released there are five-six people who say 'oh, I haven't played hockey for a long time man!' Or a father or a mother picks up a hockey stick and tells their children go play the game. So, if people in India start doing that then it is good enough for me. "

I guess that will be good enough for me too!!!

Jai Hind !!!