22 Yards

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22 Yards
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Directed byMitali Ghoshal
Screenplay bySamrat
Story bySamrat
Produced byMitali Ghoshal, Surya Sinha
Starring Barun Sobti
Rajit Kapur
Panchi Bora
Rajesh Sharma
CinematographyRanjan Palit & Amit Singh
Edited byAjay Sharma
Music byAmartya Ray and Amartya Bobo Rahut
Distributed byPlatoon One Films
PVR Pictures
Release dates
  • 22 September 2018 (2018-09-22)(BASAFF) [1]
  • 15 March 2019 (2019-03-15)(India) [2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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]

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Plot

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

Release and reception

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

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

22 Yards
Soundtrack album by
Amartya Ray, Amartya Bobo Rahut
Released15 February 2019 [12]
Recorded2018
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length18:19
Language Hindi
Label Zee Music Company
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

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.

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Bande Daud" Siddharth Mahadevan 3:58
2."Ruk Ja Nadeem" Amit Mishra 5:11
3."Sanjheya" Nikhita Gandhi and Pardeep Singh Sran3:50
4."Ruk Ja Nadeem (Amartya Ray version)"Amartya Ray5:11
Total length:18:19

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