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Watched this movie, yesterday and still thinking about it and pestering my husband by talking about the scenes! He is a cricket addict and I just watch it when India is at the winning stage:) He can recount ball by ball for matches of 10 years back! I talk about how short Sachin is, how tall Ashwin is:) But this movie even made me recount some of the scenes of the old matches in the film. Some very cute home video clippings are also there in the movie. We can see the real Sachin, a son, a husband, a father apart from being a cricketer.
I had watched the most dramatised movie 'Azhar' which was based on Mohammad Azharuddin, also a famous Indian cricketer who became famous for 'other' reasons and felt sorry for him in the end. Then watched a well-made movie on our another captain, MS Dhoni, 'MS Dhoni, the untold story' and liked it too. I like him more as a person! But this movie, also on a cricketer, touched me most. Don't know why. I think I liked his whole family...liked his wife most. She, being a doctor (MD in paediatrics), devoted her whole time to the family. She talks often in the movie. Cricket always came first for Sachin, family came later, she said (I had written a post on her here). He was very close to his father and his brother played an important role in his cricket career. His brother introduced him to the then famous Cricket Coach, Ramakant Achrekar who asked him to shift to a school, which had a good cricket team. He stayed in his aunt's place and went to school and cricket coaching classes. His was a middle class family. This was the changing point in his life. Achrekar was a tough coach and he used to give him one rupee coin whenever he finished the training session without getting out. Sachin has got 13 coins which is still important to him.
The small boy who acted as young Sachin is very cute and acted very well. Sachin was talking often in the movie, though some scenes were re-created. Many clippings of important matches were shown throughout the movie.
'Sachin' name was chosen for him by his dad who was an ardent fan of Sachin Dev Burman, the famous Hindi film music director. Sachin also is a music buff, he always played music in his dressing room, some songs played in repeat mode. Our whole Indian cricket team was and is fond of Hindi movie songs.
As you know Sachin started his cricketing career at the age of 15 and then no looking back...it was a tough life for him. Thank god, he met Anjali (I liked the way Anjali explained how it happened, in the movie) and married her in 1995 at the age of 22. Thanks to the understanding couple, they stood together in their unusual, hectic life together. They have got a son and a daughter. Anjali was a great support, Sachin said in many interviews.
Sachin was the first cricketer to score 100 centuries in international cricket. He had played many matches even after having multiple wounds in his body. I think the post will be tooooo long if I start mentioning about his cricket career here. Important occasions were included in the movie.
He explains how he got the news of his father's death in the middle of a match in New Zealand (I think!), came home and went back because the family wanted him to continue playing the match. His family is a very close knitted family. Very supportive to each other.
He is very conscious about his statements about other cricketers and members of the board, but tells openly in the movie how hurt he was when the announcement came about removing him from the captaincy and when he was again offered the post without discussing with him.
They showed Sachin's great fan Sudhir Choudhary as soon as the movie began. Sachin made him to hold the world cup India won as an affectionate gesture later. He was taken along with the cricketers to the matches wherever India played, by our Cricket board. You can see him in this trailer clip.
His dream was to win the world cup and hold it in his hands and he did it! Felt bad seeing him going back to the dressing room after his last match. His dedication to the game/playing for his country, ended.
It was tough life for him from childhood until his retirement. Let him and his family enjoy a happy, peaceful life.
AR Rahman's music is superb. They are showing it on TV often now. Watch and enjoy!
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Watched this movie, yesterday and still thinking about it and pestering my husband by talking about the scenes! He is a cricket addict and I just watch it when India is at the winning stage:) He can recount ball by ball for matches of 10 years back! I talk about how short Sachin is, how tall Ashwin is:) But this movie even made me recount some of the scenes of the old matches in the film. Some very cute home video clippings are also there in the movie. We can see the real Sachin, a son, a husband, a father apart from being a cricketer.
I had watched the most dramatised movie 'Azhar' which was based on Mohammad Azharuddin, also a famous Indian cricketer who became famous for 'other' reasons and felt sorry for him in the end. Then watched a well-made movie on our another captain, MS Dhoni, 'MS Dhoni, the untold story' and liked it too. I like him more as a person! But this movie, also on a cricketer, touched me most. Don't know why. I think I liked his whole family...liked his wife most. She, being a doctor (MD in paediatrics), devoted her whole time to the family. She talks often in the movie. Cricket always came first for Sachin, family came later, she said (I had written a post on her here). He was very close to his father and his brother played an important role in his cricket career. His brother introduced him to the then famous Cricket Coach, Ramakant Achrekar who asked him to shift to a school, which had a good cricket team. He stayed in his aunt's place and went to school and cricket coaching classes. His was a middle class family. This was the changing point in his life. Achrekar was a tough coach and he used to give him one rupee coin whenever he finished the training session without getting out. Sachin has got 13 coins which is still important to him.
The small boy who acted as young Sachin is very cute and acted very well. Sachin was talking often in the movie, though some scenes were re-created. Many clippings of important matches were shown throughout the movie.
'Sachin' name was chosen for him by his dad who was an ardent fan of Sachin Dev Burman, the famous Hindi film music director. Sachin also is a music buff, he always played music in his dressing room, some songs played in repeat mode. Our whole Indian cricket team was and is fond of Hindi movie songs.
As you know Sachin started his cricketing career at the age of 15 and then no looking back...it was a tough life for him. Thank god, he met Anjali (I liked the way Anjali explained how it happened, in the movie) and married her in 1995 at the age of 22. Thanks to the understanding couple, they stood together in their unusual, hectic life together. They have got a son and a daughter. Anjali was a great support, Sachin said in many interviews.
Sachin was the first cricketer to score 100 centuries in international cricket. He had played many matches even after having multiple wounds in his body. I think the post will be tooooo long if I start mentioning about his cricket career here. Important occasions were included in the movie.
He explains how he got the news of his father's death in the middle of a match in New Zealand (I think!), came home and went back because the family wanted him to continue playing the match. His family is a very close knitted family. Very supportive to each other.
He is very conscious about his statements about other cricketers and members of the board, but tells openly in the movie how hurt he was when the announcement came about removing him from the captaincy and when he was again offered the post without discussing with him.
They showed Sachin's great fan Sudhir Choudhary as soon as the movie began. Sachin made him to hold the world cup India won as an affectionate gesture later. He was taken along with the cricketers to the matches wherever India played, by our Cricket board. You can see him in this trailer clip.
His dream was to win the world cup and hold it in his hands and he did it! Felt bad seeing him going back to the dressing room after his last match. His dedication to the game/playing for his country, ended.
It was tough life for him from childhood until his retirement. Let him and his family enjoy a happy, peaceful life.
AR Rahman's music is superb. They are showing it on TV often now. Watch and enjoy!
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