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Title
Goal
Cast John Abraham, Bipasa Basu, Arshad Warsi, Naveen Andres
Director Vivek Agnihotri
Genre Drama
Year 2007
Get Set…GOAL is a story of that great optimistic trait - hope. The characters
in this drama fight the battle of hope through relationships, pride and their
dreams.Southall United is a football club going through a major crisis. The team
has no stars, no sponsors, no spectators and most importantly, no coach. Yet, it
nurtures the hope that it will win the cup this time.The head of the city
council, Anne, collaborates with Johnny Patel, a sports commentator, to acquire
the large tract of land that is with the club. Together, they highlight the
club’s lackluster performance and threaten to have the land taken from them,
unless things change. Their biggest hope? That the team will lose, yet again.Sir
Devi Dayal Dhariwal, owner of the club, hopes to save the land from the greed of
Anne and Johnny Patel.Hanif, the captain of Southall United, plays the one last
card the club has. He hopes to bring in a celebrated ex-player to coach them.
And then, there is Sunny Bhasin (John Abraham) who hopes to become a member of a
top team and play first division football - a dream every aspiring British
footballer yearns for. Will the coach manage to pull his team together? How does
Sunny become a part of this team? And most importantly, will the club win the
title and retain the ground? Get Set…GOAL - a contemporary story of the Asian
community in UK, told through the dynamic prism of professional football.
   
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