About the movie :
Director : Nagesh Kukunoor
Producer : Subhash Ghai
Written By : Nagesh Kukunoor
Mir Ali Hussain (dialogues)
Release Date : 26th August 2005
Starring:
Naseeruddin Shah (As Mohit Ji, Iqbal’s Coach)
Shreyas Talpade (As Iqbal, main lead)
Girish Karnad (As Guru Ji)
Yatin Karyekar (As Anwar, Iqbal’s Father)
Prateeksha Lonkar (As Saida, Iqbal’s Mother)
Shweta Basu Prasad (As Khadija, Iqbal’s Sister)
Main theme and issues being highlighted in the movie – A Summary
Iqbal (Shreyas Talpade) is a deaf and mute boy, who dreams of playing cricket for India. However, he is
discouraged by his father who thinks that Iqbal's daydreams are a waste of time. Instead, he wants Iqbal to
help him tend to the crops and become a farmer like him, which would be a stable profession.
Iqbal's sister, Khadija (Shweta Prasad), however, helps him try out for a nearby academy run by Guruji (Girish
Karnad), an influential former India captain, who accepts him for his talent. However, when Iqbal competes
with a rich boy, Kamal, who is also the star of the academy, he is thrown out by Guruji out of fear of Kamal's
father, who bankrolls the academy. Iqbal seeks help from the local drunkard, Mohit (Naseeruddin Shah), who
was once a great cricketer and persuades him to be his coach. They are able to train in a nearby field, using
Iqbal's buffaloes as fielders.
Mohit trains Iqbal and gets him a place on the Andhra Pradesh Ranji Trophy team, despite Iqbal not having
any previous cricketing experience. Iqbal plays marvelously for the team, which was a weak team before he
joined, and is soon noticed by the press and cricket selectors alike. However, when the final match of the
season pits Iqbal against his rival, Kamal, Guruji tries to bribe Iqbal to bowl badly so that the national team
scouts at the game would select Kamal for the national cricket team. Surprisingly he also impresses the
onlooking national team selector Kapil Dev and wins a place in the Indian national cricket team. In the end
Iqbal is shown donning the Indian Cricket Team's Blue Jersey and walking in the ground to make his
international debut
Critical Analysis & Reason for selection of this movie
It's a story that leaves you inspired and shows the
power of the human mind. Because as stated in
movie the only voice he could hear was his own. And
that voice was dream of playing in Indian Cricket
Team, inspite of many discouragements and
disabilities, he inspires to be a cricketer. He manages
to train himself to be a cricketer and plays several
games and in one such match he impresses the
onlooking national team selector Kapil Dev and wins
a place in the Indian national cricket team.
This movie teaches us that if we put our heart and
soul in achieving our goal, the destiny will show us
the path to accomplish it.
Relevant Concepts and theories of Organizational Behaviour
highlighted in the movie :
Motivation is one of the forces that lead to
performance. Motivation is defined as the desire
to achieve a goal or a certain performance
level, leading to goal-directed behaviour. Iqbal
was always motivated because he was always trying to hard to accomplish his goals no matter how difficult
situations became for him.
Ability or having the skills and knowledge required to perform the job is also important and is sometimes
the key determinant of effectiveness. Iqbal has got all the abilities and skills to be a top cricketer. And to
accomplish his goals he always tries to gain knowledge and experience from others.
Environment factors such as having the resources, information, and support one needs to perform well are
critical to determine performance. Iqbal did not have perfect environment or resources to enhance his
skills, that’s why his sister, mother and his coach made sure to provide him with all these factors as best as
they can.
As long as you keep going, you’ll keep getting better.
And as you get better, you gain more confidence. That
alone in success. Not matter what is the difficulty levels
of situation in our personal or professional life, with our
family, friends or our organization we should also keep
going. It will definitely lead us to success.
And to a very good extent Organizational Behaviour
subject is able to help us understand the human
behaviour in our organization and in personal life. It
helps individual understand herself / himself in better
fashion.
