A rare and honest sports documentary.

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Good sports documentaries are rare in India.
On top of being good this is a very honest documentary, which doesn't shy away from showing the tension between team members and coach, the very brazen coaching approach of the coach Srinivas Reddy, the vulnerability of a franchise owner, the humble background which most of the players come from, and how hard it is for them to adjust to the limelight that Kabbadi is getting lately.
The only complain I have is that this felt a bit rushed for someone making a documentary for first time in this sport they should have taken time to develop all characters in the team, other competing teams in the league and the emergence of sport itself. A miniseries with just about 2.5 hours of content didnt do the justice to the topic.
Its also great that they aired the series regardless of Jaipur pink panthers overall performance being so poor in that season and future of most of the protagonists hanging in balance, it just adds to the feeling that this is a real work of documentary and not some Bollywood fairy tale.
Overall a greta watch.

score 8/10

dhavalincredible-45853 7 December 2020

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