Based on true events, Golondaaj depicts the inspiring journey of Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari. Attributed as the "Father of Indian Football", he was the first Indian to play the sport and open a professional football club in the country.
It is the third film of director Druvo Banarjee and first time collaboration with Dev.
The shooting for the film began in Kolkata from 5 February 2020.[6] Due to COVID-19 Pandemic they had to pause the shooting. The shooting was resumed on 1 December 2020 and wrapped up on 24 February 2021.[9]
The film released theatrically on 10 October 2021 and the Hindi dub was released theatrically on 12 November 2021 by SVF. It was later digitally released on SVF's official OTT platform, the Hindi dub was also released on JioCinema and the Bengali original on hoichoi, internationally Amazon Prime Video was the release platform. It had its television premiere on Star Jalsha.[10]
Golondaaj Official Movie Game, a football sportsmobile video game was released alongside the film as a tie-in and was developed by Hungama Games.
Reception
The film got positive to mixed reviews from critics who praised the direction, acting performances and music but found the screenplay flawed.[11][12]
At Filmfare Awards Bangla 2021, Dhrubo Banerjee won Best Screenplay award for Golondaaj.[5]
References
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