Man Utd tie up with potential Bollywood blockbuster

dada · 10-09-2007, 12:46 PM

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Man Utd tie up with potential Bollywood blockbuster

Bollywood actor John Abraham, seen here in 2006, will play the role of a footballer inspired by Manchester United.

MUMBAI (AFP) - Bollywood movie "Goal" has tied up with Manchester United Football Club in the hope of scoring a major hit when it is released at the end of the month.

Indian actor John Abraham plays the role of a footballer inspired by the English Premier League champions.

"It's great to be associated with the Manchester United Club for our film," Abraham told Tuesday's The Times of India. "I have been a die-hard soccer fan since childhood and I have been idolising Manchester United since then."

The movie's director Vivek Agnihotri said it was the first time that the club would be associated with an Indian movie.

"We have shot in (the) club premises which is also another first for any Indian movie," he said.

The Times of India said England's Wayne Rooney and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo will be among the United heroes featured in promotional clips for the movie.

Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu, Abraham's girlfriend, also stars in "Goal."

The story revolves around a club facing closure unless they start winning games.

The manager takes his players to Manchester United, not to learn to sing and dance in traditional Bollywood style, but to seek inspiration.

With India's economy booming and new audiences being drawn to the cinema, Bollywood films are branching out into new fields.

"Chak De India" (Go India), a film based about hockey, proved a roaring success this year with superstar Shah Rukh Khan in the role of a disgraced player who turns the Indian women's hockey team into world cup winners.

ravishabc · 01-15-2008, 08:44 PM

i didnt see ronaldo and rooney feature newhere in that movie:O
it showed OT and the players dressing room though...and the munich memorial

.aK122 · 01-15-2008, 10:01 PM

Didnt Ronaldo go out with Bipasha Basu after the whole Gemma Atkinson/Alan Smith thing??

The movie should help united gain an even bigger audience in India and the sub-continent, Bollywood is huge.

RobsonLegend · 01-15-2008, 11:30 PM

So is this basically a Bollywood version of the Kuno Becker movies?

Wayne10Rooney · 01-16-2008, 12:45 AM

WHen is GOal 3, coming out?

breaktherulz · 02-01-2008, 04:37 PM

goal 1 was watchable... goal 2 was total crap...

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ravishabc Status: Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 13 vCash: 500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i didnt see ronaldo and rooney feature newhere in that movie:O it showed OT and the players dressing room though...and the munich memorial

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breaktherulz Status: Noob Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 23 vCash: 500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	goal 1 was watchable... goal 2 was total crap...