Sachin: A Billion Dreams is a close examination and intimate presentation of who the real Sachin Tendulkar is.

His wife, Anjali, sports journalists Gideon Haigh and Boria Majumdar as well as Sachin’s brother Ajit and his late father Ramesh provide the most genuine insights into the man. There are dozens of excerpts with key individuals from Sachin’s life. The movie shows how the entire country made that dream their own. Through 2 hours and 19 minutes, Sachin shares his dream of winning the world cup. The story then slowly and steadily unfolds over the six world cups that Sachin played in. The dramatization scenes of his early years are mixed with some rare footage of a young Sachin speaking in interviews and playing cricket. It starts off in 1979 as a young a mischievous Sachin goes from being a prankster to a focused cricketer. Sachin Tendulkar narrates his own story for most part. The little master has had an extraordinary life as the face of world cricket and this film is a decent summation of how dreams are an important catalyst in making legends. If you’ve considered him a hero, at any point in your lifetime, this film will only help accentuate that fact. It’s an honest, heartfelt and personal reveal from Sachin Tendulkar. It’s the master blaster’s way of showing his fans and the world full of admirers, what was his take away from his glorious cricketing career. This is a film with exhaustive real-life footage of Sachin Tendulkar’s life and career. Unlike the MS Dhoni biopic that released last year, Sachin: A Billion Dreams by filmmaker James Erskine is a docudrama. And now, this superhero of India, gives his fans a sneak peek into his side of his story. One billion people and more have grown up and grown old watching this man singlehandedly drive the hopes of a cricket crazy nation. When you’re in India, there’s no bigger hero than Sachin Tendulkar. While he is referred to as the God of cricket by enthusiastic fans, his life, his journey and his passion for the sport, do make him a messiah of sorts. Not many men can carry the title of legend, let alone an epithet as intimidating as God.

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