Golondaaj

Golondaaj (2021)

গোলন্দাজ

based on the life of Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari, "Father of Indian football"

Based on true events, Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari, "The Father of Indian Football", was the first Indian to play the sport and open a professional football club in the country.

Date of release
2021-10-10
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (3)
Runtime
2h 30m
Genres
Romance, History
Director
Dhrubo Banerjee

Casting

Interesting facts

Golondaaj is a 2021 Indian Bengali-language epic period biographical sports drama film directed by Dhrubo Banerjee and produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of SVF. The film stars Dev, Alexx O'Nell, Anirban Bhattacharya, Ishaa Saha, Indrasish Roy, John Bhattacharya, Mirchi Agni and Srikanta Acharya. It is based on the life of Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari, who is known as the "Father of Indian football". The film emerged as blockbuster at the box-office. At the 5th Filmfare Awards Bangla, Dhrubo Banerjee won "Best Screenplay" award for Golondaaj.

Production

The list of actors and actresses of the film was released on 25 January 2020 from the Twitter handle of SVF. That list shows that Dev, Anirban Bhattacharya, Ishaa Saha, Indrasish Roy, Srikanta Acharya, John Bhattacharya are acting in the film. A The Times Of India article dated 2 April 2020 subsequently revealed Alexx O'Nell stars as Major Frederick Jackson, antagonist of the film.

It is the third film of director Druvo Banarjee and first time collaboration with Dev.

The shooting for the film began in Kolkata from 5 February 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic they had to pause the shooting. The shooting was resumed on 1 December 2020 and wrapped up on 24 February 2021.

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