Movie On Odisha Rugby Team Wins Dada Saheb Phalke Best Film Jury Award

Movie On Odisha Rugby Team Wins Dada Saheb Phalke Best Film Jury Award

Bhubaneswar, the Sports Capital of India, is aptly named for the upcoming sports talent that the land of Odisha holds true lineage to. Sports enthusiasts from Odisha who have etched their name in the field of sports worldwide, have brought laurels to the state with their brilliant performances.

A movie based on the true story of twelve underprivileged tribal boys from Odisha named ‘Jungle Cry’ has been filmed that promotes education, sports and helps eradicate poverty and creates patriotism in every nation.

KISS is a home for 30,000 tribal students established for tribal children empowerment through education also focused on sports as a tool for empowerment.

Rugby was introduced in KISS in 2005 by its founder Dr Achyuta Samanta. In 2007, a rugby team of 12 KISS boys represented India in the U14 Rugby World Cup in England and created history by winning it. This unique achievement of KISS is beautifully depicted in ‘Jungle Cry’.

The movie follows the story of the group of children who fought odds and practised rugby barefoot before earning the trophy later, which also had more than 30,000 children from tribal, underprivileged and orphaned backgrounds.

Jungle Cry’ has won the ‘Best Film’ (Jury) award at the 11th Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Festival 2021. Dr. Achyuta Samanta expressed his gratitude and congratulated the team of the movie through a social media post.

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The talented Abhay Deol played the lead as the rugby coach Rudraksh Jena who had trained tribal boys to play rugby at the international level. He succeeds in doing justice to the role by being a role model as expected. Jungle Cry also features special cameos by stalwarts in the field of rugby like Nigel Owens, Wales and British Lions fly half Phil Bennett and Colin Charvis, who was the former Captain of Wales.

The cast includes well-known actors Emily Shah, Atul Kumar, Stewart Wright and Julian Lewis Jones. ‘Jungle Cry’ has been directed by Sagar Ballary and produced by Bollywood and Hollywood production houses. The trailer of the movie was released in Cannes 2019. The Bollywood-Hollywood co-production is led by Prashant Shah, whose credits include My Name Is Khan and The Bruce Lee Project.