Longing

Jan 15, 2022

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

Against the backdrop of Partition, independent India’s first hockey team defeats England, their erstwhile coloniser, to win the Gold at the 1948 London Olympics. Six decades later, when Nandy Singh, a member of this iconic team suffers a stroke, his tenacious struggle to recover, inspires his daughter to retrace his journey. Using archival footage and interviews with teammates, she reveals lives shaped by the Gold, and by Partition that made them refugees. Revealed also is a friend in Pakistan never spoken of before. Her journey in search of him morphs into a quest for the lost ‘watan’ (homeland).

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Grahnandan Singh

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Bani Singh

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Shahzada Shahrukh

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Keshav Dutt

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PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Closing Ceremony: The Next Wave

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