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Chak De India Movie Analysis

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CHAK DE! INDIA (2007) FOCUS: GENDER ISSUE, TEAM SPIRIT & NATIONALISM SPORTS: HOCKEY This movie is based on hockey which is the national sport of India since 1928 and the present situation of this wonderful sport is not as honouring as it should be. Chak de India is a successful attempt to depict the sport in the most perfect manner, but remains the only one which has got such a wide coverage over its national sport. It is an attempt to revive the losing interest of the general masses towards the game. The story of the movie is inspired from the real life character of Mir Ranjan Negi depicting the hardships he faced while making the Indian Women Hockey team. In the patriarchal society that we live in, a team of all girls is taken to be a joke as this trend has been going on since the inception that 2 girls cannot be friends. Initially, the girls have a hard time getting along, but eventually possess the team spirit needed for them to play as a team. This movie has shown sisterhood in a positive light. A film like this one depicts religious bigotry, …show more content…

He had joined the army where he emerged to be an athlete. He went on to win many races and gain a lot of success. He had escaped from Pakistan during the partition and made it to India. The movie has portrayed how his past horrors continued to haunt him and sometimes they even came in the way of his success. The film has expressed that a sportspersons life is made out of discipline and focus. Farhan Akhtar really worked hard to play the role of Milkha Singh and has done it exceptionally well. Though, what could not be understood was why was there any need to show a love angle in the film with Biro played by Sonam Kapoor. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra directed this box office hit which went on to win the best movie in many award functions. The movie also shows how a struggle of a sportspersons is her/her own and that the battle they face is against

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