Chak De India....

Saw Chak De India this weekend and then again saw it with office colleagues yesterday! Pretty nice movies, read my review here. This movie has glamorized hockey which is exactly what the game needs, maybe we need to concentrate on other games as well apart from cricket. No I don't have any problems with the cricket and I follow the game and Sachin Tendulkar in particular pretty closely.... but we are like "Jack of all master of None" see Australia, they are the world champions in a lot of sports.

Yes I agree that Sports is not a successful career option in India... but then too we have people who dare to stand out of the crowd, people like Dhanraj Pillai and Baichung Bhutia. Just imagine the amount of hard work they might have put in their daily lives to reach that level, considering the fact that they were not playing cricket, and any other sport in India does not get sponsors, even Raghvendra Singh Rathore was able to go to the Olympics just because he was in the army and he had a secure job!

Lately the Indian Hockey federation is taking measures to promote this sport, the PHL (Premier Hockey League) which is organized every year is a wonderful tournament and we have some nice players playing them as well. My favorite team in the tournament is Shere Punjab!

And then came Chak De India which gave the much needed glamorization to the Indian Hockey, people have started acknowledging this game and the gorgeous girls definitely added up somewhere.....

Do see this movie, this is a perfect blend of :
Patriotism
Women's Liberation
and Promoting Hockey as a sport in India

No wonder this is our national game :-)


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