Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal

Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal is the first film in India based on football. The movie was directed by Vivek Agnihothri of the Chocolate fame. Actually the director's real goal was not football but it was a part of the screen play. He tried to show the racist attitudes against the South Asians who are living in Europe.

England was the setting for the film. Southall United is a football club. All the players in the team are South Asians. This club has lots of problems as it lacks good players, a coach and sponsors which are a big part of a game. The city council asks them to handover their ground, because the club has failed to clear the taxes and lease.


The only way to solve this problem is to win the counties league. Southall United captain Shaan Ali Khan (Arshad Warsi) takes this as a challenge. Tony Singh (Boman Irani), an ex-player of the club takes the responsibility to coach the team. He invites a South Asian Sunny (John Abraham) to Southall United, who is playing for another club Aston.

Sunny first rejects this offer. When he loses his place in Aston because of racial discrimination, he joins the Southall club. Many of Southall club members reject him. But he concentrates only on the game and takes the team to the semi finals. At that stage he leaves the team as he recieves a better offer.


But he realizes that he made a mistake when he learns that his father was a former captain for Southall who gets beaten up by some Europeans after he plays them. It will be Tony Singh who would have saved him.

The director has concentrated mostly on the football game than his original line. But he has failed to give full justice to the game. John Abraham failed to impress. Arshad Warsi has given his best but did not suit the role. Nothing to say about Bipasha Basu. Bomani Irani performed his role well.

Javed Akthar's lyrics were good but failed because of lack of good music from Pritam. Camera work by Attar Singh Saini was excellent.

Chak De India

For the first time King Khan starred in a full length sports based film called Chak De India. The movie was produced by Yash Raj Films and was directed by Shimit Amin. It was released in 2007 all over world. It recieved critical acclaim and became one of the biggest hit of Bollywood in 2007.

The movie revolves around Kabir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) who was a former captain of Indian Hockey team. He has lost his career unfortunately because of match fixing rumors.




After many years he returns back to the field as a coach for the Indian women hockey team, who went unnoticed by the people and had no proper facilities from the hockey board. Kabir sees the potential in the players. Hockey board disagrees to send this team to International tournaments.

He overcomes all the difficulties and sends the team to World Cup which was set in Australia. After entering the World Cup he notices that there are no proper standards in the team.

He receives a lot of criticism for his team's performance. He wants to make his underdog team the winning horse and win World Cup.

Chak De India movie trailer


Shah Rukh acting is outstanding. Without a heroine and in a deglamorised character, he has given his best.Vidya Malvade , Anaitha Nair,Sagariga Ghatge and,Chitrashi Rawat were starred in a part of Hockey team.Direction was excellent especially in the hockey matches which were given a live feel. Music by the Merchant duo Saleem Merchant and Suleman Merchant is excellent.For this film Shah Rukh Khan received the Best Actor Award in Filmfare. Not only in India but through out the world the movie got good collections. At that time Indian T20 cricket team captain stated that Chak De India was the reason for their victory in T20 World Cup.

JO Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

There is a strong relation between sports and Bollywood for many years now. Many films have been produced on the basis of sports. It is one of the most successful formula in Indian films. Sports based films show the heroes in a different angle. It gives scope to act in various ways.

Aamir Khan is always in front of the line to act in these types of movies. From the start of his career he has done several movies related to sports. They have all been successful.

Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar is one among them. It was a block buster in the 90s.



This movie involved an inter school bicycle race in a small town Dehradun. All students in the town dream of participating from their school. The competition is between the Rajput school and the remaining ordinary schools.

Sanjay Lal, played by Aamir Khan, never thinks of competing in the race. But participates in the race instead of his brother, who is injured because of the students from the Rajput school. The story is about how he wins the race. On the other side, there is some family drama and a love story.




This movie was directed by Mansoor Khan who did a great job. Another asset of this film is selecting a beautiful town giving it a fresh look.

Aamir Khan gave an outstanding performance as a careless guy at the beginning, as a lover and his dedication to win. Ayesha Jhulka as his friend and lover was also very good. All the remaining characters given good performances.

After 10 years the same film with the name Thammudu was produced in Tollywood. Instead of a cycle race they used boxing. It was a super hit. Hero Pawan Kalyan became a star. Many producers are thinking of remaking the film in Hindi again. It still continues to be a popular film.