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Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (English: Get Set Goal) is a 2007 Bollywood film. It was released on November 23, 2007, produced by Ronnie Screwvala and directed by Vivek Agnihotri and is under the UTV Motion Pictures banner. The film stars John Abraham, Bipasha Basu, Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani. The film's soundtrack is composed by Pritam with lyrics by Javed Akhtar.
Synopsis
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal is a contemporary story of the South Asian community in the UK, told through the dynamic prism of professional football. Southall United Football Club, composed entirely of South Asian players, is facing its deepest crisis ever. It is bankrupt, with no stars, no coach, no sponsors, no spectators and, most importantly, no owner. When the club falls behind on the lease payments for its home ground, the city council sends a notice ordering it to vacate the ground so that it can be demolished to make way for a commercial complex. South Asian football commentator Johnny Bakshi (Dalip Tahil) serves as the frontman for the council, and despite paying lip-service to the contrary, very much looks forward to the demise of Southall United and the construction of the complex. The club has only one way to save itself, its home ground and its honour – win the Combined Counties Football League championship and its prize money of £ 3 million, a very tall task indeed. Southall United captain Shaan Ali Khan (Arshad Warsi) takes on the challenge of trying to save the club. First, he convinces a disesteemed ex-player, Tony Singh (Boman Irani) to become the team's coach, despite its being branded the laughingstock of English football. Shaan and Tony set about rebuilding the tattered club, and the team works hard to prepare for its first match. Meanwhile, Sunny Bhasin (John Abraham) is an ace striker who wishes to one day play for the England national football team. However, his dreams are shattered when he is cut by Aston, an English football team consisting entirely of white players, on account of his skin colour. Sunny has always laughed at his Indian background and considered Southall United to be a joke of a club, and as such rejects outright an offer from Tony to come play for Southall United, at least initially. However later after suffering humiliation due to racism at Aston, Tony again approaches him. Tony tells him that he is sad but not shocked about what happened with Sunny at Aston and again offers him a place at Southall United. Sunny again redicules Tony telling him that the players of Southall can't tackle him & he can score a goal in ten seconds against them. To this Tony challenges him to a ten minute match where Sunny has to win the ball form Tony. Tony showing that he hasn't yet lost the skills & the talent beats Sunny all ends up. Sunny knowing he has a lot of other things to learn comes around and joins the team. The other members of the club, especially Shaan, are not happy that Sunny has become their teammate, as on many previous occasions Sunny had vandalised their homes & shops, but eventually warm up to him somewhat. With Sunny on board, Southall United begins its march up the Combined Counties points standings. With success after success, the team is elated. To go along with his success with the club, Sunny has also managed to gain the affections of Rumana (Bipasha Basu), Shaan's sister and the club's physical therapist, much to the captain's chagrin. Nonetheless, Southall keeps winning, worrying Johnny Bakshi and the Southall city council. Johnny devises a scheme to lure Sunny away from Southall United in order to deprive the team of its ace striker and, by extension, victories. He convinces Sunny to sign a lucrative contract to play for Millwall F.C. Shaan and the rest of the club are angered by his betrayal, and Rumana is heartbroken. However, Johnny's plan backfires when Sunny learns that his father, who had been staunchly against his son's football career, had been a Southall United supporter and had survived a beating at the hands of whites outside of a bar when Southall had last contended for the Combined Counties championship in 1985. Moreover, the man who he had saved from that beating was none other than Tony Singh, the current coach of Southall United. Realizing his mistake, Sunny returns to Southall and resolves to stand up for his skin colour and the rights of South Asians all over the UK. The team ultimately claims the Combined Counties title, nixing the city council's plan to demolish its stadium. Cast
[- Judan Ali ] Left Back as himself Characters
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SoundtrackThe soundtrack for the film released on November, 2007. It has been given a rating of 3 out of 5 on indiaFm.com [1] . Lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Background score by Sanjoy Chowdhury, the son of late Maestro Sri Salil Chowdhury.
ResponseReviewsIndiafm.com gave the film 3 Out of 5, saying that "On the whole, DHAN DHANA DHAN GOAL has an ordinary first hour, but the post-interval portions, especially the exhilarating climax, makes up for everything." [2] Joginder Tuteja of IndiaGlitz gave 3.5 of 5 stars stating the film is " One more sports anthem in 2007 ".[3] . Trivia
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