22 Yards
| 22 Yards | |
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 22 Yards Poster | |
| Directed by | Mitali Ghoshal |
| Screenplay by | Samrat |
| Story by | Samrat Mukherjee (SRFTI) |
| 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 |
| Distributed by | Platoon One Films PVR Pictures |
Release dates | |
| 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 was released theatrically on 15 March 2019.[1][dead link] The trailer of the film was launched by Sourav Ganguly.[6]
Plot
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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 was then pushed back to 15 March 2019.[2]
The official trailer of the film was released on 18 January 2019.[9]
Critical response
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ 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. 17 January 2019. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ Ramnath, Nandini (15 March 2019). "'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.