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 Title
Victory
Cast Harman Baweja, Anupam Kher, Amrita Rao, Navjot Singh Siddhu,
Allan Border, Gulshan Grover, Mohindar Amarnath
Director Ajit Pal
Genre Drama
Year 2009
In India, cricket is much much more than just a game; it is a passion, an
obsession, a religion! Millions of youngsters, in all the corners of the
country, dream of playing for India! A dream which incredibly only ONE in every
100 MILLION realizes.
'VICTORY' is the story of a father, Ram Shekhawat, who saw such an impossible
dream for his son! This is also the HEROIC story of his son Vijay Shekhawat.
Hailing from the small town of Jaisalmer, Vijay Shekhawat becomes India’s latest
world-class batting sensation and is catapulted to superstardom!
But it is the glamour and the glitter of this very demi-god status that makes
the young, vulnerable small-town boy Vijay stray from his true vocation of
cricket. Unfortunately this leads to a loss of focus and to a miserable drop in
his performance. But by the time Vijay realizes the error of his ways, it is too
late and he finds himself thrown out of the Indian cricket team because of
disciplinary reasons. Suddenly the hero of the cricket crazy India becomes a
villain in everyone’s eyes. His father Ram Shekhawat’s dreams are shattered and
suffers a paralytic stroke.
This tragedy awakens Vijay's conscience and sense of honor. He wants to redeem
himself in the eyes of his father and every Indian. Against great odds, he once
again makes it back to the Indian team and gets to play in the finals of the
Champion’s trophy against Australia where he plays a stellar role in enabling
India to win the Trophy. Where in the emotionally moving final, in spite of
being hospitalized mid-innings because of an injury, Vijay returns to bat,
risking permanent injury, when India are nine down, to pull off an impossible
victory against the world champion, Ricky Ponting's Australia.
In this match Vijay Shekhawat fulfils his father's dreams and enters the
pantheon of Indian cricket.
   
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