Best Sports Movies - Hindi
Panga (2020)
IMDB: 6.9
Genre: Sport, Drama
Starring: Kangana Ranaut, Jassi Gill, Richa Chadda, Neena Gupta
Jaya Nigam (Kangana Ranaut), a former captain of National kabaddi team, now juggles her life between her family and punching tickets at Bhopal railway station. Her world revolves around her family. Adi, a son of Jaya. The young kid now wants his mother to give a second shot at chasing her dream. She decides to make a comeback but will it be an easy ride back into the national team.
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IMDB: 6.2
Genre: Sport, Drama
Starring: Barun Sobti, Rajit Kapur, Panchi Bora, Rajesh Sharma
Ronajit Sen (Barun Sobti), a successful sports management agent falls from grace after he's accused of being involved in a betting scandal. Ron loses his clients overnight and sets his sights on an injured cricketer to clamber his way back to the top.
AvailableOn: Prime Video
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IMDB: 4.2
Genre: Romance, Drama, Sport
Starring: Dulquer Salmaan, Sonam K Ahuja, Sanjay Kapoor
Based on the eponymous novel The Zoya Factor written by Anuja Chauhan, the romantic comedy revolves around the life of Zoya Singh Solanki. An advertising agent, Zoya stumbles onto the limelight when she is hailed as the good luck charm for Indian cricket team. But not everyone agrees, especially the captain of Team India Nikhil Khoda. Inevitably, a love-hate relationship ensues between the two.
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IMDB: 5.4
Genre: Sport, Drama
Starring: Dakshata Patel, Divya Dutta, Ranvir Shorey, Shivani Desai
The story of Ayushi Singh (Dakshata Patel) is an aspiring tennis player and her father - a former tennis player (Ranvir Shorey). Father has been a victim of politics and commands every decision of Ayushi including her tennis. Problems arise when they do not agree with each other's ideologies. How Ayushi fighting against all odds in her life?
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IMDB: 5.6
Genre: Sport, Drama
Starring: Lukram Smil, Manjot Singh, Shashank Arora
Lukram (Lukram Smil), a football enthusiast, hailing from Manipur and enrols in a Lucknow based college to realise his dream of playing for the Indian Football team. His dreams start to crumble when he is subjected to blatant racism and zonal politics. What happened to Lukram? Did he achieved his goal.
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IMDB: 7.4
Genre: Biography, Sport, Drama
Starring: Diljit Dosanjh, Taapsee Pannu, Angad Bedi
The story of the former Indian hockey player Sandeep Singh who was paralyzed and wheelchair-bound for two years after an accidental gunshot injured him in 2006. Fighting against all odds, Sandeep got back on his feet and made a comeback to international hockey in 2008. India won the 2009 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup under his captaincy and went on to qualify for the 2012 Olympics.
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IMDB: 8.0
Genre: Sport, Drama
Starring: Vineet Kumar Singh, Zoya Hussain, Ravi Kishan, Jimmy Shergill
Shravan Kumar, an aspiring boxer wants to play at state and national level but the boxing federation head Bhagwan Das Mishra won't let it happen due to his hurt ego. Thereafter things take the worse after he falls for Bhagwan's niece, Sunaina. Shravan how to deal with his love and dream
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IMDB: 7.3
Genre: History, Sport, Drama
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Mouni Roy, Amit Sadh, Kunal Kapoor, Sunny Kaushal, Vineet Kumar Singh, Nikita Dutta
The movie is inspired by true events and people of India's first gold medal win as an independent nation at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London against Great Britain. Tapan Das (Akshay Kumar), the team manager, leads the charge to assemble the country's first all-Indian hockey team. His aim is to beat the Britishers.
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IMDB: 4.9
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Starring: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Amy Jackson, Arbaaz Khan, Nikitin Dheer, Jas Arora, Seema Biswas, Asif Basra
One day Freaky Ali (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) and Maqsood (Arbaaz Khan) go to a golf course to collect a debt, however the man who owes them is taking far too long to finish his hole. In a hurry to get the money, Ali challenges the man, claiming it's an easy hole. Intrigued, the man asks Ali to complete it, which he does in one ace. The man is surprised by Ali's naturally gifted swing. Soon he becomes a champion, but he must face a corrupt rival.
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IMDB: 5.8
Genre: Biography, Sport, Drama
Starring: Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai, Nargis Fakhri, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Lara Dutta
This biopic traces the tumultuous life of Indian cricketer and former national team captain Mohammad Azharuddin (Emraan Hashmi) in the 1990s. He has had several achievements in his career but his fame has also led to many controversies.
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IMDB: 7.7
Genre: Biography, Sport, Drama
Starring: Mayur Patole, Manoj Bajpayee, Tillotama Shome
The film is based on the life of Budhia Singh, world's youngest marathon runner, who ran 48 marathons, when he was only five years old. Biranchi Das (Manoj Bajpayee), an idealistic judo trainer adopts a boy from the slums and grooms him into the world's youngest marathon runner.
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IMDB: 7.0
Genre: Sport, Drama
Starring: Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Randeep Hooda, Amit Sadh
Sultan Ali Khan (Salman Khan), a fictional pehlwani wrestler and former world wrestling champion from Haryana whose successful career has created a rift in his personal life.
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IMDB: 8.4
Genre: Sports, Drama
Starring: Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim, Suhani Bhatnagar, Aparshakti Khurrana
Mahavir Singh Phogat(Aamir Khan), a former wrestler decides to fulfil his dream of winning a gold medal for his country by training his two daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become world
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IMDB: 7.6
Genre: Sports, Drama
Starring: R.Madhavan, Ritika Singh, Mumtaz Sorcar, Nassar, Radha Ravi, Zakir Hussain.
Adi Tomar (Madhavan), a failed boxer becomes a bitter alcoholic, but when he is forced to become the coach of the women's boxing team, he finds hope for redemption in the form of a fiery 17-year-old. Can he instill in her the skills she needs to become a champion?
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M.S.Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016)
IMDB: 7.7
Genre: Biography, Sport
Starring: Sushant Singh Rajput, Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, Anupam Kher
M.S. Dhoni (Sushant Singh Rajput), a boy raised in a typical middle-class family defies all odds and becomes one of the greatest captains of the Indian cricket team.
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Brothers (2015)
IMDB: 6.5
Genre: Action, Sport
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Jacqueline Fernandez, Jackie Shroff, Shefali Shah
David Fernandez (Akshay) quits his job as a Physics teacher to become a full-time fighter. He is willing to do whatever it takes to save his ill daughter. Monty Fernandez (Sidharth) creates a storm on the internet with just one video. Finally getting the chance to prove himself to the world, he trains vigorously. Two estranged brothers comes to play in the ring. Who wins when they face each other?
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Mary Kom (2014)
IMDB: 6.8
Genre: Biographical Sports
Starring: Priyanka Chopra, Darshan Kumaar, Sunil Thapa
A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer Mary Kom, the daughter of a poor rice farmer overcomes the objections of her father and went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.
AvailableOn: Netflix
Watch Now on NetflixHawaa Hawaai (2014)
IMDB: 7.4
Genre: Sport, Family
Starring: Partho Gupte, Saqib Saleem, Pragya Yadav
Young slumboy Arjun's (Partho Gupte) only dream is to own a pair of shiny roller skates and be a champion of this sport-on-wheels. His dream comes true when Aniket Bhargava (Saqib Saleem), a skating coach, decides to train him. In this endearing story of hope and aspirations, will Arjun's dreams take flight?
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IMDB: 4.8
Genre: Sport, Drama
Starring: Nishan, Saranya Mohan, Annu Kapoor, Puja Gupta
Vijay grows up in the hope of solving water crisis in his drought- ridden village, Badlapur. Vijay and his friends approach the government in a desperate attempt to build a dam. They soon get a golden opportunity to compete in a state-level Kabadi tournament to attract the attention of the bureaucracy. How they learn the sport and excel in it forms the crux of the story
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IMDB: 5.6
Genre: Sport, Romance
Starring: Navdip Singh, Simar Motiani, Bajrangbali Singh
The story revolves around the lives of two athletes: their struggles, their dreams and their aspirations. Sanjay (Navdip Singh), a runner, fall in love with Kiran (Simar Motiani), an ace swimmer. With the help of a coach they both win coveted titles until Kiran unexplainably fails a drug test, necessitating Sanjay to come to her rescue.
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IMDB: 8.2
Genre: Biography, Sport, Drama
Starring: Farhan Akhtar, Divya Dutta, Sonam Kapoor, Art Malik, Rebecca Breeds, Pavan Malhotra, Meesha Shafi, Prakash Raj, Yograj Singh, Jabtej Singh
True story of the "Flying Sikh" - world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the bloody massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.
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Watch Now on HotstarKai Po Che! (2013)
IMDB: 7.7
Genre: Sport, Drama
Starring: Amit Sadh, Sushant Singh Rajput, Rajkummar Rao, Amrita Puri, Asif Basra
Based on a novel "The 3 Mistakes of My Life" written by Chetan Bhagat. Govind, a young guy, dreams of starting a business in Ahmedabad. He has two best friends Ishaan and Omi. Ishaan is very much passionate about cricket and Omi is a simple guy. The three friends open the store for sports goods and cricket coaching. But to realise their goals in a city, they must face earthquakes, religious disparities, politics and riots.
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IMDB: 8.2
Genre: Biography, Action, Sport
Starring: Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, Vipin Sharma, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Based on the true story of a runner employed by the Army and has won Gold medal at the Indian National Games seven times in a row and whose record stood unbeaten for 10 years. He is forced to become a rebel in Chambal Valley when his mother is murdered and the police don't take any action.
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IMDB: 6.4
Genre: Sport, Drama
Starring: Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Ritvik Sahore
A father is willing to go any extent to fulfill his son's dream of playing cricket at Lords cricket stadium, in London. In order to arrange money, he steals Ferrari car and lands himself into trouble. Later he finds out that the car he stole belongs to Sachin Tendulkar. Will his son's dream get fulfilled?
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Patiala House (2011)
IMDB: 5.6
Genre: Sport, Drama
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia
Parghat Singh Kahlon (Akshay Kumar) is a middle aged shopkeeper who secretly practices bowling at night in order to keep his dream of playing for England alive. Even though his family members despise him for giving up his dreams only due to his father's wish, they find a ray of hope and convince him to play for England while they plan to hide the truth from his father.
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Watch Now on NetflixDil Bole Hadippa (2009)
IMDB: 4.5
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Starring: Rani Mukerji, Shahid Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Dalip Tahil, Rakhi Sawant, Sherlyn Chopra
Veera (Rani Mukerji) is a fire-cracker of a village girl but dreams of playing cricket in the big league. Meanwhile, Rohan (Shahid Kapoor) returns to India to captain his father`s cricket team which has been losing for the last 8 years. In a village where girls don`t play cricket, She disguises herself as a man to fulfill her dreams.
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IMDB: 8.2
Genre: Sport
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Vidya Malvade, Shilpa Shukla, Sagarika Ghatge, Chitrashi Rawat, Vivan Bhatena, Mohit Chauhan, Joyshree Arora
Kabir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan), a former hockey star to coach a women's hockey team to participate in the world championships in Australia. The players face prejudice, sexual harassment, racial and religious bigotry, ethnic and regional prejudice, and their own internal quarrels. Kabir aims to turn its sixteen contentious players into a championship unit. Do they have a chance to win this undefined battle?
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IMDB: 4.9
Genre: Sport
Starring: John Abraham, Bipasha Basu, Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani
South Hall is a Football Club, an Asian dominated club in England and their team has got no stars, no coach, no sponsors, no takers, no spectators and most importantly no owner. They are passionate about winning the cup. After the city council sends an eviction notice, it's the last chance to save the ground, the club and their honor. Will the team be able to save their club?
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IMDB: 7.2
Genre: Sport, Drama
Starring: Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla, Victor Banerjee, Purab Kohli
Nikhil Kapoor (Sanjay Suri), a swimming champion who is kept in isolation becuase he is tested HIV+. While his family and friends disown him, he finds solace and support in his sister and her boyfriend who stand by him and encourage him to continue with his swimming.
AvailableOn: Disney+Hotstar, Prime Video
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
IMDB: 8.1
Genre: Sports, Drama
Starring: Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley, Paul Blackthorne, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raghuvir Yadav, Yashpal Sharma
This is the story about the resilience shown by the Indians when they were under the British Rule. They are already taxed to the bone by the British and their cronies but when Russell announces that he will double the Lagaan (tax) from all villagers they decide to oppose it. Bhuvan, a young farmer accepts the challenge of Captain Andrew Russell to beat his team in a game of cricket. The stakes are high as winning will mean a waiver of the high agricultural taxes but losing could mean doubling that amount.
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