Iqbal

Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad, Kittu Gidwani, Shreyas Talpade, Kapil Dev, Shweta Prasad, Yatin Karyekar, Prateeksha Lonkar, Elahi Hiptoola

Iqbal is a simple tale of grit of an 18 year old and his family superbly told by Nagesh Kukunoor. The director takes care of the technicalities of cricket without delving into them too much. And the sprinkles of humour, like naming Iqbal's buffaloes after cricketers and making them field. Read More

Most importantly, IQBAL works because you want the underdog, an 18 year old deaf and mute village boy, to succeed in his endeavor. The youngster rises from the ashes, faces roadblocks at every step, falls time and again, but gets up and reaches the winning post in the end. Read More

Nagesh Kukunoor has told the story simply without evoking superfluous sentimentality and melodrama. The dialogues in the movie seem straight out of life. And the ultimate denouement to the story, the last fifteen minutes, brings you to the edge of your seat. Read More

The world of Nagesh Kukunoor's latest film is a mellow one of basic and valuable emotions. This isn't the first film where the director has dealt with the ambiguous world of adolescent dreams. Unlike Kukunoor's "Rockford", "Iqbal" rocks to a rustic and heartfelt raga rhythm. Read More