I went to see Jersey and thoroughly enjoyed it. The film has a nice mix of cricket action and family melodrama.
The first film I recall that included cricket is Lagaan (2001). Mack On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 12:47 AM 'Eric Rex' via omnisport < [email protected]> wrote: > > > <https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-veRsDd0lB9A/XMPb79xZIgI/AAAAAAAHBFU/-4ZaZzHGae8Kr84a7h9WbScBXNWE0m8pwCLcBGAs/s1600/18e0e3ed6d6dd102b7672a61e2b7d3aa.jpg> > > The entire media world is going bonkers this week with the Game of Thrones > premier (Winter is Coming) and the release of the Avengers: Endgame > (Spring is coming). > > > Meanwhile, an excellent film has been released, which will be appreciated > by even casual readers of this space. That film has as its subject a > cricket player, the best player of a lifetime, who tries to stage a > comeback at an age when most players have given up completely. "Jersey" > is a newly released sports drama, which is taking the world's screens by > storm. Even in the United States, where cricket, foreign films, and > foreign language films generally all have a hard time succeeding, the film > has had widespread release. > > > > <https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ao0JEnGJxeE/XMPcFt1xqAI/AAAAAAAHBFY/aXsOmQipjNsT5JpwomW49Uw7-1gqi3dSgCLcBGAs/s1600/1555690868_nani.jpg> > > > Although a few scenes of the film, especially at the beginning, are in > English, the film is generally in the Telugu language. Telugu is a > language primarily spoken in east central India, whose stellar male lead, > it would seem, is also lead in this film. > > > > <https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fvMw51MtOeM/XMPdYXz6fWI/AAAAAAAHBFw/XqN5MzjyB4wsjfovpTKAeSfU7QgffA0YgCLcBGAs/s1600/Harish%2BKaylan.jpg> > > > <https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TLxN1ugVr_w/XMPdEOSOIMI/AAAAAAAHBFo/VlUKGT8MLlskeWiQxqj3Gl_C167Uyl5SgCLcBGAs/s1600/20x10-4-1-840x420.jpg> > > > That would be Nani, who appears in the film as a washed up government > employee, who was suspended after rightly pointing out corruption in his > workplace. He is unable to return to work because he is unwilling to > pay off bribes to the right officials. He spends his day smoking, > drinking, and watching cricket with his posse, betting rent and electricity > money from his wife on these activities. He has not played cricket since > his mid twenties, when he left the sport upon marriage to Catholic wife, > whose family he wants to impress. The film traces his attempt at a > comeback despite scoffing objections from nearly all of those who hear of > it. His team is Hyderabad, well known to readers of this space. Tall, > dark, and handsome Harish Kalyan adds an assist playing Nani's adult son. > > > > > <https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y4pG61sicJw/XMPdZHzdOSI/AAAAAAAHBF4/7YtBGDpLHmMte5AnauZFTRGuFC8pqkGqgCLcBGAs/s1600/Harish-Kalyan-2.jpg> > > > > > The film includes a lot of cricket action, the likes of which are never > seen on the big screen. The visual imagery is quite well done with good > shots of various scenes throughout the movie. There are twenty minutes > or so of popular music over collaged emotional shots to move the action > forward. > > > > <https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nyHKj6elP9o/XMPdYwIevnI/AAAAAAAHBF0/O6ovUcV9wegvnioo6YmSdN6O6kLtQifAgCLcBGAs/s1600/harish-kalyan-211.jpg> > > The music is good and the effect not too tedious. Telugu is not > unpleasant to listen to and it is peppered with English words and phrases > anyway. The actors freely switch from one to the other, keeping the > conversation lively. At two hours thirty seven minutes, it does take > some commitment of time, but the well written film helps the time to pass > quickly. The beautifully shots cricket scenes fit the big screen so well. > > > > If you have some time this weekend, and are lucky enough to have "Jersey" > at a nearby cinema, don't hesitate to buy a ticket. Let us know what > you think. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "omnisport" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
