Secretariat is a
2010 biographical film produced by ESPN Films, Mayhem Pictures, Cold Spring
Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company and Lawrence Gordon Productions,
distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and directed by Randall Wallace. The film
chronicles the life of thoroughbred race horse Secretariat, winner of the
Triple Crown in 1973. Diane Lane portrays Secretariat's owner, Penny Chenery
and John Malkovich plays the trainer, Lucien Laurin.
Apoorva Sahodharargal is a 1989 Tamil feature film directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao. It starred Kamal Hassan in triple roles, as a mechanic, a circus clown who is a dwarf and a police officer, along with Gouthami, Srividya, Manorama, Nagesh, Jaishankar, Nassar in main roles. Due to its mega success in the south, the film was dubbed into Hindi as Appu Raja in 1990 and like the original, it was also successful to become one of the cult classics.
Chak De! India (English: Come on! India) is a 2007 Indian sports films about field hockey in India. It is directed by Shimit Amin, produced by Yash Raj Films, written by Jaideep Sahni, sports action by ReelSports, and stars Shahrukh Khan as Kabir Khan, the former captain of the Indian hockey team. After a disastrous loss to the Pakistani hockey team, Khan is ostracized from the sport. He and his mother are further forced from their ancestral home by angry neighbors. Seven years later in an attempt to redeem himself, Khan becomes the coach for the India women's national field hockey team with the goal of turning its sixteen contentious players into a champion team. After leading the women's team to the Gold, Khan restores his reputation and returns with his mother to their home, welcomed by those who had shunned them years before.
