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Synopsis: Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a goalkeeper in school football team.Bannerjee a school cricket coach asks him to join his cricket team and practice daily with him for two hours time passes and he becomes a big state level cricketer but for a long time his luck doesn't favor him to become a member of Indian Cricket team.Dhoni takes up a job in Indian Railways as a ticket checker and plays cricket for the railways after long wait of 4 years he gets selected in Indian Cricket team and turns to be one of the best cricketing captains in history of Indian Cricket.
Director(s): Neeraj Pandey
Production: Inspired Entertainment
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
Year:
2016
184 min
$1,782,795
7,962 Views


then 2 hours for playing.

Mahi has already fixed

a routine for himself.

2 hours for playing and then

another 2 hours for playing.

Let it be, I'll deal with them.

I have to go tonight.

Why? Overtime again?

- No. It's a small thing.

You haven't been

well the past two days.

Let it be.

I've already said that I'll do it.

It's not too much work.

The ground has completely

dried up as well.

'Monuments are built by..

Between 16th and 17th century..'

Come back soon.

Budhia, switch on the lights

and start the water-pump!

Okay!

Good morning.

- Good morning, sir.

Good morning.

- Good morning, sir.

Did you do your

history homework?

Hey!

Sir, me?

- Yes. Come here.

What's your name?

Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

You're a good goalkeeper.

I saw you play yesterday.

Keep it up.

Thank you, sir.

What other sports do you like?

Badminton. Table Tennis.

Would you like to play cricket?

- No, sir.

No interest in cricket?

Not really.

Scared of playing with a hard ball?

- No, sir.

The wicket-keeper trials

are after school today.

Play for me.

Okay, sir.

Excuse me, sir.

I'm not scared of playing

with the hard ball.

Thank you, sir.

Catch the ball!

Yes, catch it.

Catch it.

Yes. Don't drop it.

Oh!

You're completely useless

in sports and studies.

Let's see you catch some more.

Come on.

What's your problem?

Can't you see the ball?

It's a red ball!

Can't you see it?

You can't do anything right.

Good afternoon, sir.

- Good afternoon.

Shabbir, give him a pair of gloves.

Wear those gloves.

You come here.

Now go.

Go, stand on the mark, come on.

Ready?

- Yes, sir.

Throw.

You don't

punch the ball in cricket.

You catch the ball. Understood?

- Yes, sir.

Ready.

Come on, throw, throw.

Are you trying to

catch a ball or a fish?

Catch it. No problem!

Concentrate!

Keep your eyes on the ball

right till the end!

Very good!

Yes, that's it. Correct.

Very good. Very good.

Very good.

That's it! That's it!

Very good!

Good. Very good!

Come here.

Hey, stop!

Would you like to do wicket-keeping

for the school team?

Sir, I like to bat more than

anything in cricket.

Concentrate on your

wicket-keeping first.

But sir..

- I said wicket-keeping.

You must practise everyday

for two hours after school. Okay?

Can I keep the gloves?

Keep them.

Shabbir,

give him the inners as well.

Take care of them.

Yes, sir.

- They are school property.

I'm only allowing this

as a special case.

Sister!

Sister!

- What?

Look.

- What is that?

Wicket-keeping gloves.

I've been selected

for the school team.

All play and no work

will ruin your life.

All work and no play

will help you succeed.

All work and no

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Neeraj Pandey

Neeraj Pandey (born 17 December 1973) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Pandey made his directoral debut in A Wednesday!, which was largely praised by audiences as well as critics and which later became a recipient of many accolades. His second film was Special 26 (2013), which was followed by Baby (2015), the latter of which received critical acclaim and became a huge commercial success. He served as a producer in Rustom (2016). Pandey returned to directing in 2017 helming the biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story based on renowned Indian cricketer M.S.Dhoni which fared well critically and commercially. Besides being a filmmaker, Pandey is also a writer and has written a novel names Ghalib Danger in 2013. In 2016, his Production House Friday Filmworks and Reliance Entertainment entered into a joint venture and formed Plan C Studios. He has also directed a Web Short 'Ouch' with Manoj Bajpayee and Pooja Chopra which is nominated for Filmfare Short Film Award 2017. As the co-producer, his recent blockbuster Toilet- Ek Prem Katha is getting critical appreciation from the film industry and the audience. His next release was Aiyaary which starred Sidharth Malhotra and Manoj Bajpayee and was both critically and commercially flop emerging as his first failure. more…

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