Three restless cousins search for a way to achieve their dream of playing badminton in a little Indian town, overcoming obstacles such like the lack of a play area, the necessary equipment, having to go to work all day and dealing with a single mother and stuck-up neighbors.
Acting
Svar Kamble carries the film with unpolished authenticity
Direction
Amrohi finds poetry in cramped lanes and makeshift courts
Director
Mehran Amrohi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film joins a growing wave of Indian indie sports dramas—think 'Chak De! India' stripped of Bollywood gloss—that interrogate why talent in smaller towns dies of infrastructure, not ambition.
Vinay Pathak and son Ayush Pathak share the screen as uncle and nephew; their natural friction reportedly required minimal direction.