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Starring:
Harman Baweja, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, Gulshan Grover,
Dalip Tahil, Smita Hai, Arun Bakshi, Anupam Maanav,
Tinnu Anand
Director:
Ajit Pal Mangat
In India, cricket is much much more than just a game; it
is a passion, an obsession, a religion! VICTORY is the
heroic story of Vijay Shekhawat and his father Ram
Shekhawat, who saw such an impossible dream for his son!
Based on current happenings from the World of Indian
Cricket, VICTORY personifies the challenges and dilemmas
that almost every aspirant for the Indian Cricket Team
faces and has to endure. Some emerge triumphant; some
fall by the wayside, while some have to undergo a trial
by fire to test their character and self-belief before
their fate is decided.
But it is the glamour and the glitter of this very demi-god
status that makes the young, vulnerable small-town boy
Vijay stray from his true vocation of cricket.
Unfortunately this leads to a loss of focus and to a
miserable drop in his performance. But by the time Vijay
realizes the error of his ways, it is too late and he
finds himself thrown out of the Indian cricket team
because of disciplinary reasons. Suddenly the hero of
the cricket crazy India becomes a villain in everyone’s
eyes. His father Ram Shekhawat’s dreams are shattered
and suffers a paralytic stroke.
This tragedy awakens Vijay’s
conscience and sense of honor. He wants to redeem
himself in the eyes of his father and every Indian.
Against great odds, he once again makes it back to the
Indian team and gets to play in the finals of the
Champion’s trophy against Australia where he plays a
stellar role in enabling India to win the Trophy. Where
in the emotionally moving final, in spite of being
hospitalized mid-innings because of an injury, Vijay
returns to bat, risking permanent injury, when India are
nine down, to pull off an impossible victory against the
world champion, Ricky Ponting’s Australia.
Cast:
Vijay Shekhawat - Harman Baweja
Nandini - Amrita Rao
Ram Shekhawat - Anupam Kher
Andy Singh - Gulshan Grover
Indian Coach Dilip Malhotra - Dalip Tahil
Shakuntala - Smita Hai
Chander - Arun Bakshi
Chutku - Anupam Maanav
Vedpal - Tinnu Anand
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VICTORY is the story of one such aspirant and his
journey through the minefield of being a Cricket
Celebrity in India…
It is about Vijay Shekhawat (Harman Baweja) hailing from
the small town of Jaisalmer,and his father Ram Shekhawat (Anupam
Kher). The father has great aspirations for his son and
hopes one day, Vijay will play for the Indian cricket team
one day, which eventually comes true when Vijay makes it
to the Indian team. Apart from his dad, the only person
who believed in him is his childhood friend Nandu (Amrita
Rao).
Victory is the story of a father, Ram Shekhawat, who saw
such an impossible dream for his son! This is also the
heroic story of his son Vijay Shekhawat. Vijay Shekhawat
becomes India’s latest world-class batting sensation and
is catapulted to superstardom!
In this match Vijay Shekhawat fulfils his father’s dreams
and enters the pantheon of Indian cricket.
Harman Baweja plays the earnest cricketer, Amrita Rao is
subdued while there are impressive performances from the
older actors Anupam Kher, Gulshan Grover and Dalip Tahil
in particular.
To give the film an authentic look, it has special
appearances by several international cricketers like
Murlitharan, Jayasuria, Brett Lee and many others from
Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, New Zealand
and India.
VICTORY is an insightful, dramatic, large-scale film which
charts the journey of dreams of every average Indian who
hopes to make it big in Indian Cricket, particularly a
cricketer’s dreams of adulation and success, in every
sphere of life.
- Aniz Filmvala
Credits & Crew:
Production House - Walkwater Media and Moving Pictures
Producers - Manmohan Shetty, Ajit Pal Mangat
Director – Ajit Pal Mangat
Story & Screenplay - Ajit Pal Mangat, Kannan Iyer
Dialogues - Darab Farooqui, Anupam Maanav
Original Music - Anu Malik
Cinematography - Sanjay F. Gupta, Attar Singh Saini, Gopal
Shah, Vikas Sivaraman
Film Editing - Ballu Saluja
Casting - Rahul Bhushan, Anupam Maanav
Production Design - Wasiq Khan
Art Direction - Tariq Umar Khan, Khan Tariq Umar
Costume Design - Shaheed Amir, Nimisha Khimji, Ashley
Rebello
Stunts - Parvez Khan
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