DJ Prashant and Bollywood Dreams Present: CHAK DE! INDIA

A 2007 sports film directed by Shimit Amin and produced by Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films, with a script written by Jaideep Sahni. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan as Kabir Khan, former captain of the India men’s national field hockey team. After a disastrous loss to Pakistan, Khan is ostracized from the sport owing to religious prejudice. 7 years later in an attempt to redeem himself, he becomes the coach for the Indian national women’s hockey team, with the goal of turning its 16 contentious players into an award-winning team. The film is based on the life of Mir Ranjan Negi.

Sahni, a screenwriter, was inspired by the India women’s national field hockey team’s win at the 2002 Commonwealth Games to develop Chak De! India’s script after reading about it in a newspaper. The screenplay was fictional and the characters, while inspired by the real team and coaches, were invented by Sahni.