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Million Dollar Arm
Million Dollar Arm (2014)
, 2h4
Directed by Craig Gillespie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Baseball films, Cricket films, Children's films
Actors Jon Hamm, Bill Paxton, Alan Arkin, Lake Bell, Bar Paly, Suraj Sharma

J. B. Bernstein (Jon Hamm) is a big time sports agent who, along with his partner Ash Vasudevan (Aasif Mandvi) recently formed their own company. Unfortunately, all of J.B.'s clients have retired, and he is unable to reel in star football player Popo Vanuatu (Rey Maualuga). Desperate to find new clients, J.B. realizes India, with over one billion people, has real potential for untapped baseball talent. He approaches investor Mr. Chang with his proposal - a talent contest staged in India called "Million Dollar Arm." Contestants score points by demonstrating they can pitch a baseball with speed and accuracy. Along with the prize money, two winners will be flown to the U.S. and receive coaching to become legitimate baseball prospects within two years. Chang commits to providing the funding, on the condition the prospects are ready within only one year. With no alternative, J.B. reluctantly assures Chang the winners will be ready for a major league try-out within one year.
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
, 3h44
Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Cricket films, Musiques du monde, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley, Paul Blackthorne, Suhasini Mulay, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

In the small village of Champaner, (in the State of Gujarat, in western India) during the height of the British Empire in India in 1893, Captain Andrew Russell (Paul Blackthorne), the commanding officer of the Champaner cantonment, has imposed high taxes ("lagaan") on people from the local villages which they are unable to pay due to a prolonged drought. Led by Bhuvan (Aamir Khan), the villagers beg Raja Puran Singh (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) to help them. He tells them that much to his regret, he is also bound by British law.
99
99 (2009)
, 2h20
Directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Sports films, Cricket films
Actors Kunal Khemu, Boman Irani, Soha Ali Khan, Cyrus Broacha, Mahesh Manjrekar, Vinod Khanna

99 is an original story inspired by real events. It is the story of two men in two cities who are bound by a common feeling of always being stuck at 99. They never seem to make it to a 'century' in life. The plot involves small-time crooks, conspiracies, car crashes, a briefcase full of money and a historical controversy brewing in the background.
Chennai 600028
Chennai 600028 (2007)
, 2h21
Directed by Venkat Prabhu
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Cricket films
Actors Jai, Shiva, Nithin Sathya, Aravind Akash, Premgi Amaren, Vijay Vasanth

The story revolves around two local cricket league teams that compete against each other in local matches and consider each other as sworn enemies. Royapuram Rockers are on top of the chain and keep bashing Sharks year after year. The heroes of the movie are the Sharks team.
Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii
Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii (2007)
, 1h32
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Sports films, Cricket films, Children's films
Actors Rahul Bose, Zain Khan, Sushil Parashar, Rajesh Khera, Meera Vasudevan, Vineet Kumar Singh

Karan (Zain Khan) is a thirteen-year-old orphan boy who lives in a dilapidated orphanage owned by a stern, uncouth warden, John "Hitler" Kakkad (Rajesh Khera). Karan has two dreams: one is to have parents and the other is to be a big cricketer. His inspiration is Kapil Dev since he has been brought up on the motivating stories of India's '83 World Cup win by the orphanage caretaker, Bholu Dada (Susheel Parasher) who is a loving and a gentle old man. Karan's best friend in the orphanage is Daboo (Deeptiman Chadhury) who often lends his gentle ears to the aspirations which Karan lives on. His dreams take a turn when one day, he lays his hands on an old cricket bat which Karan is convinced is the bat that Kapil Dev used to win the '83 World Cup; for him, the bat becomes a magic bat. One day by a stroke of luck, the coach of the Indian cricket team spots Karan playing cricket and is highly impressed by his batting skill. At that point in town, the Indian National Cricket Team have been going through a "rough patch". Karan and his magical bat are inducted into the Indian cricket team as the opening batsman along with the captain, Varun (Rahul Bose). When the little boy marches onto the pitch and wins the match for India Karan soon becomes the nation's heartthrob. Although he was formerly rejected by adopting couples, he is now the most sought after kid in the country. However, Raghav (Raj Bhansali), the orphanage bully, hates him and feels that if Karan did not have the magic bat he would have never made it to the cricket team. Raghav now wants the magic bat at any cost. Karan and Varun develop a strong emotional bond deeper than fellow cricketers. Karan has no parents and Varun has parents, but is estranged with his father and does not want to accept him. Karan strongly believes that parents are the best gift endowed by God and succeeds in uniting Varun with his father. At the final 5th one day match between India and Pakistan, events spiral out of control and Karan's magic bat is destroyed by Raghav. Karan is a nervous wreck, but Varun makes him realize that faith in oneself counts beyond anything else. With Karan's help, India wins the match. After the match, Karan decides to stop playing and rejoin the team when he is older. Varun and his girlfriend, Malini (Meera Vasudevan) decide to adopt Karan.
How McDougall Topped the Score
How McDougall Topped the Score (1924)

Themes Sports films, Cricket films

A cricket match takes place in the country between the towns of Piper's Flat and Molonglo. An old Scotsman, McDougall, comes out to bat with his team needing 50 runs to win. He hits the ball to the boundary, when his dog, Pincher, runs away with it. By the time the fielding team catch Pincher, McDougall has make enough runs to win. There is a romantic subplot involving McDougall's daughter.
The Final Test
The Final Test (1953)
, 1h30
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Cricket films
Actors Jack Warner, Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph, Adrianne Allen, Brenda Bruce

The film is a comedy drama, set around leading cricketer Sam Palmer's last appearance for England. He desperately wants his son to be there at The Oval to witness this, but the son is more concerned with meeting a leading poet Alexander Whitehead. Whitehead, it turns out, is more interested in cricket. Whitehead takes Reggie along to the match, in time to see Sam get out for a duck.
I Love You Da
I Love You Da (2002)

Themes Sports films, Cricket films
Actors Raju Sundaram, Simran, Raghuvaran, Prakash Raj, Senthil, Venniradai Moorthy

Raghuvaran pays Indian cricketers to lose the match so he can bet on the Pakistan team to make a lot of money. One day Raghuvaran's daughter Simran was sad that India never wins any matches so Raghuvaran just for one match lets India win. One time India loses and a small boy commits suicide seeing this Raju Sundaram works hard to become a cricket player and make India win for once. He is stopped by Raghuvaran but wins and becomes a cricket player. Raju Sundaram goes to Pakistan to win but is stopped by Raghuvaran but he is killed by his own daughter Simran. Eventually India wins but Simran goes to jail. She comes out and is reunited with Raju Sundaram.
Stumped
Stumped (2003)

Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Cricket films
Actors Alyy Khan, Raveena Tandon, Salman Khan, Amin Gazi, Asha Sachdev, Viju Khote

Reena and her husband Major Raghav Seth; Ranga Khetrapal, Swadesh Deshpande and their respective wives; Laltu Singh, his wife, Neetu, and son, Bhola; the building watchman, Dukhiram; bachelor Subramaniam; and a visually-challenged Holy man, Baba, are some of the residents in Happy Home Society. The common interest shared by most of them is their love of playing and watching cricket. Reena experiences isolation after her husband is called back to Kargil to battle terrorists. She is befriended by three youngsters who have a crush on her. Things, however, change dramatically after she gets word that her husband is missing and believed dead.
Iqbal
Iqbal (2005)

Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Cricket films, Films about disabilities, Sign-language films
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Shreyas Talpade, Girish Karnad, Yatin Karyekar, Prateeksha Lonkar, Shweta Basu Prasad

Iqbal, un Pakistanais sourd âgé de dix-huit ans, ayant une passion dévorante pour le jeu de cricket, tente de surmonter ses difficultés et de devenir un joueur professionnel afin de réaliser son rêve d'intégrer l'équipe indienne de cricket.
Hattrick
Hattrick (2007)

Directed by Milan Luthria
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Cricket films
Actors Paresh Rawal, Rimi Sen, Kunal Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Danny Denzongpa, Prateeksha Lonkar

Dr. Satyajit Chavan is the head doctor at a civil hospital in Dehli. Satyajit is well regarded and respected, but he has terrible bedside manners and is generally rude to everyone. His staff of doctors, most of whom are young interns fresh out of medical school, inquire about his bedside manner. He curtly informs them that his job is to treat patients and that beds must be allocated to the ones who are most likely to survive and get better. We discover that government hospitals (especially in large cities like Mumbai) are severely limited in bed space and attract the worst stricken patients in the city. These draconian conditions have shaped Satyajit and his views on treatment.
Meerabai Not Out
Meerabai Not Out (2008)

Directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Cricket films
Actors Mandira Bedi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Anupam Kher, Eijaz Khan, Prateeksha Lonkar

Meera Achrekar lives a middle-classed lifestyle in a Shivaji Park Chawl, along with her widowed mother; brother Manoj, his wife, Neelima, and their son, Mayank. After the passing of their father, Anant, Manoj, who was just 18 at that time, took over the financial reins of this family, while she, herself, got employed as a Maths Teacher with Vishwa-Prem Vidyalaya, and heads the 'Meera XI' cricket team in the colony. Her mother and Manoj are on the look-out for a suitable groom, but her obsession with cricket along with the 'bahenji' bespectacled looks turn to her disadvantage. Things start to look up after she dramatically meets with heart specialist Dr. Arjun Awasthi, who lives in a mansion with his widower dentist father. The two families meet, and decide to get the couple married. On the day of the formal engagement, however, things spiral out of control when Meera does not show up.