Entertainment

When the game stands tall

Films on sports and sportsmen in Indian mainstream cinema were few in the past. Lagaan (2001) created fictional history. But that was team sport cricket. Nagesh Kukkunoors Iqbal (2005) was more about a hearing disabled boys struggle to find his feet in cricket. Today, Bollywood is flush with biopics on great sportsmen and women. TWF correspondent Shoma A. Chatterji explores the trend

by Trans World Features April 24, 2015