Jhund (2020)

Original title

झुंड

Directed by

Nagraj Manjule

Genre

biographical film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 58m

Rated

M

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired sports teacher turns a group of underprivileged kids into a football team against the odds. The film follows his real-life struggle to give slum children a chance through the game.

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What happens

Jhund (transl. Herd, unorganised group) is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports film based on the life of Vijay Barse, the founder of NGO Slum Soccer. It is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Sandip Singh, Raaj Hiremath, Savita Hiremath, Nagraj Manjule, Gargee Kulkarni and Meenu Arora under the banner of T-Series, Tandav Films Entertainment Pvt.Ltd and Aatpat Films. The filming began in December 2018 in Nagpur. The film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akash Thosar, Rinku Rajguru and Ankush Gedam, is written and directed by Nagraj Manjule. The film was released in theatres on 4 March 2022. It was a flop at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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