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20 Best Sports Movies Made In India!

Martini Shots, Bollywood, August 29, 2016, Authors: Yatharth Chauhan (Editorial Team), http://www.desimartini.com/new...tan/article36575.htm

In a country that’s immeasurably obsessed by two of the best entertainment resources in the looks of sports and cinema, there’s nothing more sublimely satisfying than watching a combination of both.

When sports and cinema come together, you can’t help but look forward to the kind of entertainment that’s put on offer.

While most sports movies are inspirational in style, the adrenaline, the nail biting climax and the edge of the seat drama they promise is something unique.

Indian movies having explored that potential in totality, have come out with a number of sports based movies and have been able to entertain.

Some worked and some didn’t, some were fictional dramas and some were motivational biopics.

In all the cases, the quotient of mixing the true essence of sports that not only restricts itself up to cricket, is highly engaging.

As we celebrate the Hockey Legend Major Dhyan Chand’s birthday as National Sports Day in India, we make our best picks for the 20 best films in India:

Apne 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

One of the better looking movies in set in the modern times, Apne brought the Deol family together for a mesmerizing but inspirational boxing drama. 

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Azhar 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

What looked like a one sided affair drawn in the favor of the controversial cricketer, was still a film made with a lot of noble hard work. 

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Awwal Number 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

One of the first films set on the backdrop of cricket, Awwal Number directed by Dev Anand was quite an interesting film in the early 90’s. 

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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

A well-made biopic on one of India’s best ever athlete, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag was an inspirational take on his life. 

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Budhia Singh: Born To Run 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

The motivational story of a child who set a Limca book of world record for being the youngest marathon runner needed to be told in all prospects. 

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Chak De! India 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

One of the best sports film made in India based on Hockey had Shah Rukh deliver one of his best performances to date. 

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Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

One of the only films made on the immensely popular sport of football, this Vivek Agnihotri movie was set with the backdrop of Indians of Southhall taking on the best in the business. 

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Dil Bole Hadippa 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

While it got a lot of flak for its overly drawn narrative, the high point of this film was a female driven narrative. 

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Hip Hip Hurray! 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

The debut film of Prakash Jha as a director was a well made film that too in the times when Bollywood was mostly coming with mediocre products. 

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Iqbal 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

Iqbal has to be the most moving cricket based dramas in the industry that showed the glorifying story of a boy who could not speak and hear. 

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Jannat 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

The reason why Jannat is considered to be a real sports based film is because it talked about the issue of match fixing and brought out a lot of unspoken facts. 

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Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

One of the most loved films made in the country, this one was a perfect teenage school drama blended with sports and came out on top. 

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Kai Po Che 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

Based on the best selling Chetan Bhagat novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life, Kai Po Che marked the debut of Sushant Singh Rajput as a film actor. 

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Lagaan 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

The highly rated fighting of a story of a group of villagers that take on the British regime in the game of cricket is one of India's best cinematic creations to date. 

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Mary Kom 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

Based on the life of World Champion boxer Mary Kom, the Priyanka Chopra starrer took us closer to the lives of the athlete and the struggles she had to go through. 

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Paan Singh Tomar 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

The riveting tale of an army man/athlete turned dacoit is considered as one of Irrfan's best. The film was directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. 

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Patiala House 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

The story of a reluctant cricketer who takes up his dream despite the reservations of his father, Patiala House is quite an inspirational narrative. 

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Saala Khadoos 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

One of last year's most impactful films on boxing, Saala Khadoos told us what happens when politics gets mixed with sports. 

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Sultan 

Uploaded by Yatharth Chauhan on 29 Aug, 2016

An engaging narration of an underdog who comes out on top despite life taking enough tests in his life, Sultan is one of Salman's better films made. 

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