The Goal

The Goal (1999)

Can talent overcome social prejudice and caste differences?

To win a youth soccer championship, coach Anupam wants to add talented Manu to his team. But the child is from a low caste and the son of a thief, and the players and their families reject him. Anupam's duty is to take the talent to the right place.

Date of release
1999-12-30
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Director
Gul Bahar Singh

Casting

Interesting facts

The Goal is a Hindi drama film based on the short story written by Bengali writer Prafulla Roy, released In 1999 produced by Children's Film Society, India and directed by Gul Bahar Singh starring Irrfan Khan as a coach. The film has won several national and international awards. The movie was shot in many parts of Batanagar thereby the craze of people during this movie's shooting time was unmatchable, as many of people there love playing Football more than anything. This was his first movie that being shot in West Bengal with many other Bengali actors in lead.

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