For the last one decade, I hadn’t watched a Hindi movie, which kept me gripping for the entire duration of 2.5 hours. Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Chak De India’, which means ‘Go, India!’ reversed the trend for me. It was simply an amazing movie. Yesterday, we watched the movie in Ruwi cinema, and I must confess it a must-watch film, irrespective of the fact whether you have little or zero knowledge of hockey.

Being an avid hockey lover, I couldn’t ask for more. In every sense, the film evokes nationalism to newer heights, and for every thousand kids watching the movie, if one gets motivated to play hockey, then the task is done – of bringing back the glorious days of Indian hockey. It’s no secret that in a nation obsessed with cricket, other disciplines are suffering a step-motherly treatment with no sponsors willing to take a risk of supporting non-cricket events.

As hockey coach, Shah Rukh Khan has rocked in ‘Chak De India’, and so are the 16 women players, who are the real stars of the movie. Credit must be given to the director, Shimit Amin, for digging up a true story, backed by relevant facts. On a scale of five, I would give the movie a perfect hi-five!

Here are some of my hockey-related stuff:

India not Champions class

Adrian, Viren and Vikram class apart

‘We used to play systematic hockey sans fouls’