Iqbal Movie Review...

On sunday the 11th of September, me and my friend Mahesh went to PVR cinemas in The Forum Mall Bangalore to watch the Movie IQBAL.
Written and Directed by : Nagesh Kukoonur
The forum mall was busy with guyz and gals yapping off..
The movie started with the scenes of old village in Northern part of India.
With all the village people watching a India-Pak cricket match in a TV that was placed on tree, the director hinted that this film is something about cricket or about cricket fans ..cricket which is considered the only sport in India by many people.
Of course now with Sania moving ahead in WTA rankings ppl. seem to watch tennis and also F1.
Coming back to the review, the hero Iqbal is deaf and Dumb and aspires to join the cricket team as a fast bowler.
He tends cattle grazes it near a pond/lake and practices his bowling.
He also names his cattle with the famous Indian fast bowlers' names.
He interprets the words with the lip movement,if talked slowly, or by actions.
Iqbal's sister, who is about 12-13 years old has performed her role very well in the movie in showing emotions.
Iqbal spends the evening with the cattle near cricket coaching class conducted by Girish Karnad.
He waits for his sister to return from school to show him by action of how Girish coaches his students.
With his sisters effort Iqbal manages to get coaching from Girish until one day when a fellow student teases him.Iqbal while bowling for him,does it with full pace aiming at his forehead.
And as in any other story the hero Iqbal is thrown out of the coaching school.
Then he approaches an old student of Girish - Naseeruddin..the story then is weaved about how Iqbal gets coaching from him and joins the cricket team.
Initially Iqbal's father oppposes him and is not interested in his son playing cricket.
As his father is the sole bread winner of the family he forces Iqbal to help him in farming.
This movie shows the determination of Iqbal,the emotions between Mother-Iqbal and his sister and the hardwork that helped Iqbal realise his dreams.
Apart form the lot of emotions and the background scores by Sukhwinder the story is very simple.
The direction is good and could be watched once.