In “Dil Bole Hadippa!” (“My Heart Goes Hooray!”), Veera (Rani Mukherjee) becomes Veer to play on her local team, which just happens to represent India in a yearly match against Pakistan.ĭirected by Anurag Singh, “Dil” takes place in a colorful Punjab, with amber waves of grain and sassy local girls who chomp on sugar cane. ![]() It’s a fantasy of the Indian heartland, a perfect setting for splashy musical numbers and an appropriate one for a film that itself is fantasy: part sports tale, part nationalist love story, part feminist comedy.Īs a sports movie “Dil” lacks the focus and excitement of “Lagaan” (another cricket flick) or “Chak de India” (about a female field hockey team).
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