22 Yards
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| Directed by | Mitali Ghoshal |
| Screenplay by | Samrat |
| Story by | Samrat |
| Produced by | Mitali Ghoshal, Surya Sinha |
| Starring | Barun Sobti Rajit Kapur Panchi Bora Rajesh Sharma |
| Cinematography | Ranjan Palit & Amit Singh |
| Edited by | Ajay Sharma |
| Music by | Amartya Ray and Amartya Bobo Rahut |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
22 Yards is a 2018 Indian sports drama film starring Barun Sobti, Rajit Kapur, Panchi Bora and Rajesh Sharma.[3][4] The film has been directed by sports journalist turned filmmaker Mitali Ghoshal.[5] The film premiered at the 2018 Bay Area South Asian Film Festival and is scheduled to release theatrically on 15 March 2019.[1][dead link] The trailer of the film was launched by Sourav Ganguly.[6]
Plot
22 Yards is about a successful sports agent and his fall from grace. The film delves into the commercial aspects of sports. Barun Sobti plays the lead, a cricket enthusiast and a talent manager.[7]
Cast
- Barun Sobti as Ron Sen
- Amartya Ray as Shome Ray
- Panchi Bora as Shonali
- Rajit Kapur as Dr. Zahid Khan
- Rajesh Sharma as Ravi Khanna
- Chaiti Ghoshal as Trishna Ray
- Geetika Tyagi as Rica Sahay
Release and reception
22 Yards had its world premiere at the inaugural Bay Area South Asian Film Festival (BASAFF 2018) where Barun Sobti bagged the Best Actor (Feature) award.[8] The film was slated to release on 22 February 2019, but it has been pushed back to 15 March 2019.[2]
The official trailer of the film was released on 18 January 2019.[9]
Critical response
Nandini Ramnath in Scroll.in writes, "Barun Sobti scores in a familiar cricketing tale of failure and redemption."[10]
News 18 gave the movie two stars out of five and wrote 'an average film that gives a simplistic insight in to the crafty world of Cricket'.[11]
Soundtrack
| 22 Yards | |||||
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| Soundtrack album by Amartya Ray, Amartya Bobo Rahut | |||||
| Released | 15 February 2019[12] | ||||
| Recorded | 2018 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 18:19 | ||||
| Language | Hindi | ||||
| Label | Zee Music Company | ||||
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The music of the film has been composed by Amartya Ray and Amartya Bobo Rahut while the lyrics have been written by Amartya Ray and Siddhant Kaushal.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bande Daud" | Siddharth Mahadevan | 3:58 |
| 2. | "Ruk Ja Nadeem" | Amit Mishra | 5:11 |
| 3. | "Sanjheya" | Nikhita Gandhi and Pardeep Singh Sran | 3:50 |
| 4. | "Ruk Ja Nadeem (Amartya Ray version)" | Amartya Ray | 5:11 |
| Total length: | 18:19 | ||
References
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "Movie details 22 yards". Times of India. 15 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ "Barun Sobti in 22 Yards". The Quint. 18 January 2019. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "Barun Sobti in 22 Yards". Scroll. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Mitali Ghosla directs 22 Yards". Cinestaan. 17 January 2019. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Sourav Ganguly launches the 22 Yards trailer". Yahoo. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Barun Sobti plays a sports manager in 22 Yards trailer". Times of India. 17 January 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Barun Sobti wins at BASAFF". PinkVilla. 22 September 2018. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "22 Yards - Official Trailer|Barun Sobti Amartya Ray & Panchi Bora|Mitali Ghosal". Zee Music Company on YouTube. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ Ramnath, Nandini. "'22 Yards' movie review: Barun Sobti scores in a familiar cricketing tale of failure and redemption". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "22 Yards Movie Review: This Barun Sobti Film is Skilfully Mounted Except for the Initial Stage". News18. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Listen to all 22 Yards songs now! Download or play 22 Yards songs online on JioSaavn". JioSaavn. 15 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
External links
- 22 Yards at IMDb