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Abhishek Bachchan, Saiyami Kher Talk Inspirational Cricket and Disability-Themed Film ‘Ghoomer’

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Naman Ramachandran Abhishek Bachchan (“Dasvi”) and Saiyami Kher (“Faadu”) headline “Ghoomer,” a cricket and disability-themed film from R.

Balki (“Chup”). The film follows Anina (Kher), a young batting prodigy who loses her right hand in an accident. An unsympathetic, failed, alcoholic cricketer Paddy (Bachchan) gives her new hope and trains her as a spin bowler with unconventional techniques, inventing a new style of bowling called ghoomer, with the ultimate goal of playing for India.

The title is a play on a form of Indian dance that involves twirling the body. The film also has real-life trans woman Ivanka Das playing Paddy’s house help and adopted sister, veteran Shabana Azmi in a significant role, India’s leading film archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur making his acting debut in a pivotal part and Indian cinema legend Amitabh Bachchan playing himself.

Murali Kartik who played cricket for the Indian national team for several years, was the bowling coach on the project. “I do agree that the trope of washed-up has-been player becomes a coach has been seen before.

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