''Doosra'' is an upcoming

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n feature film directed by Abhinay Deo. The original idea behind the film came from

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-based Executive Producers Masha Sajdeh and Rohan Sajdeh, which was then developed into a story and screenplay by Agnello Dias. Two Hollywood writers, Matt Graham and Zak Shaikh were also brought in during development to work on the screenplay. The film is produced by Masha Sajdeh, Steven Cantor and Jamie Schutz. Doosra is the story of how cricket changed India, seen through the eyes of a young girl. The film is a groundbreaking feature format a fictional narrative weaving with archival footage well-documented incidents from

's political, economic and sporting history at the turn of the millennium. Doosra is slang for ‘the other one.’ In cricketing terminology, a ball that unexpectedly goes the other way. In the film, Doosra represents a country that overcome centuries old inferiority complex to find its confidence through cricket. And also, a girl who refuses to be defined by what centuries of social tradition expect a girl to be.

Cast

Plabita Borthakur Plabita Borthakur is an Indian actor, singer and artist from Assam. Early life Her father Probin Borthakur was an engineer by profession with Oil India Limited along with being an Indian classical singer and teacher while her mother is a write ...

as Tara *

Ankur Vikal Ankur Vikal is an Indian theatre and film actor. Career He graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi in 2000, after studying Architecture at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He has acted with the Motley Theatre Group ...

* Samidha Guru * Tvisha Seema * Krishna Gokani * Rajeev Ankit * Mohammad iliyas * Kusum Gupta * Renu Seth * Akshay Ajit Singh * Navin Ratawa

Plot

Set between the last decade of the previous millennium and the turn of this one, the film weaves together two stories of courage and identity. One, played out under the harsh glare of the national spotlight by a maverick captain,

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, and his defiant team. The other, deeply private, in an orthodox household in small town India, where an equally defiant young girl, Tara, takes on social prejudices as she comes to terms with her own mind and body. Both stories have their principal characters fighting the demons of tradition, classism and orthodoxy. What brings the two narratives to a head is a single event: When Captain

pulls off his shirt and waves it bare-chested from the hallowed altar of cricket - the balcony at Lords in

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- to celebrate India’s 2002 NatWest final victory against their erstwhile colonial rulers. A defiant celebratory act is suddenly elevated to an iconic image for a nation that finally sheds its centuries of inferiority complex to stand proud and comfortable in its own bare skin.

Music

The music of the film is composed by

Ram Sampath Ram Sampath (born 25 July 1977) is an Indian composer, music producer and musician, who started his career composing advertising jingles for Mumbai-based advertising industry, subsequently he started composing for pop albums like ''Tanha Dil'' ( ...

References

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* {{IMDb title, 9123066 Unreleased Hindi-language films Indian biographical films Films about cricket in India Indian films based on actual events Sports films based on actual events Biographical films about sportspeople Upcoming films Indian docudrama films Indian documentary films Cultural depictions of Indian people Cultural depictions of cricketers Films directed by Abhinay Deo