The Goal (1999 film)
| The Goal | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gul Bahar Singh |
| Written by | Deeya Roy |
| Screenplay by | Partha Banerjee Subir Mukherjee |
| Story by | Prafulla Roy |
| Starring | Irrfan Khan |
| Cinematography | Aryan Kanakia |
| Edited by | Ujjal Nandy |
| Music by | Chandan Roy Chaudhury |
Production company | |
Release date | 30 December 1999 |
Running time | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
The Goal is an Hindi drama film based on the short story written by Bengali writer Prafulla Roy, produced by Children's Film Society, India and directed by Gul Bahar Singh starring Irrfan Khan as a coach. The film has won several national and international awards.[1][2][3]
Plot
The film is about a child Manu (Tapas Dhali) who belongs to a poor family and loves to play football but no one accept him to play in their team because of his family background however Anupam a football coach (Irrfan Khan) finds Manu talented and decides to coach him. After spending some time coaching Manu, The coach Anupam thinks that Manu is eligible and decides to play him in a semifinal match for his club but other players and their parents declined to play with Manu because his father is a thief and he belongs to a lower caste. Anupam finds himself helpless and doesn't want such a talent to die so he puts Manu in rival team to play against his own club.[4]
Cast
- Abhinav Ben
- Punya Darshan Gupta
- Irrfan Khan
- Girish Mathur
- Manoj Mitra
- Anandita Saha
- Sanjay Sharma
- Manjula Singh
- Abhishek Singha
Awards
- 2000, Best Children's Film at 47th National Film Awards, India.[1]
- 2001, Special International Jury Prize at 11th Cairo International Film Festival Egypt.[5]
- 2001, Special Mention at Zlin International Federation of Film Societies.
- 2001, Selected in Indian Panorama.
- Participated in International Children film festival, Hyderabad
References
- ^ a b "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals.
- ^ "Bengali film on football after 3 decades". Indian Express.
- ^ "Children's film festival begins in Kottayam". The Hindu.
- ^ "Children's films in India either fall into the rut of thinly disguised pedagogy or absurd, amateurish nonsense". Rediff.
- ^ "The Indian Entry "The Goal" directed by Gul Bahar Singh and produced by Children's Film Society of India has won Special International Jury's Prize in the 11th Cairo International Film Festival for Children". pib.nic.in.
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