A sports legend who scored for India—but lost to the silence in his own head.
V P Sathyan, a professional Indian footballer, goes through various ups and downs in his career as he strives hard to fulfil his ambitions.
Acting
Jayasurya's physical transformation and haunted eyes do the heavy lifting.
Writing
Refuses the easy triumph arc—braver than most sports biopics dare.
Director
Prajesh Sen
Jayasurya
V P Sathyan
Anu Sithara
Anitha Sathyan
Siddique
Maithanam
Renji Panicker
Coach Jaffer
Deepak Parambol
Sharaffali
Nirmal Palazhi
Kittan
Thalaivasal Vijay
DySP Rajashekaran
Mammootty
Self
Nilja K. Baby
Anitha's Friend
Saiju Kurup
SP Gupta IPS
Lakshmi Sharma
Sathyan's mother
Janardhanan
K Karunakaran
Sreelatha Namboothiri
Anitha's grandmother
Ambika Mohan
Anitha's mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jayasurya trained with former teammates for months; the football sequences use real Kerala players, not actors.
V P Sathyan's 2006 suicide sparked rare public conversation about depression in Indian sports—this film arrived twelve years later, when that conversation had barely progressed.
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