Untitled R. Balki film (2023)

Ghoomer (2023), directed by R. Balki, is a sports drama about loss, reinvention and the audacity of an unlikely comeback. Saiyami Kher stars as Anina, a teenage batting prodigy whose world collapses when she loses her right hand on the eve of her international debut. Abhishek Bachchan plays a frustrated, failed cricketer who is unsympathetic at first but becomes the unlikely mentor who refuses to let her story end. The film follows their fierce, often painful partnership as they reimagine Anina’s place in the sport. Through inventive, rigorous training they turn her into a bowler and create an original delivery called the “Ghoomer” — a bowling style designed to bamboozle opponents. Along the way the movie traces themes of resilience, identity, and redemption, and explores how skill, grit and unconventional thinking can rewrite the rules of the game. Viewers can expect an emotional underdog journey: tense match sequences, inventive cricket tactics, hard-hitting training montages, and intimate dramatic moments that test the characters’ limits. Performances and cricket choreography are central, with the left-handedness of the leads used as a recurring visual and strategic detail. The film balances sporting spectacle with personal drama, making it both an adrenaline-filled cricket experience and an inspiring human story. Ghoomer is recommended for fans of sports dramas and anyone who enjoys comeback stories grounded in emotional truth, inventive physical storytelling, and the thrill of seeing the game reimagined.

Actors: Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Ivanka Das

Director: R. Balki

Genre: Sport

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