The film also answers the question of whether the biggest controversy about Muttiah Muralitharan is whether he is a Sinhalese or a Tamil or has given up his Tamil identity for cricket.
The film stars Mathur Mittal as Muttiah, Mahima Nambiar as Murali’s wife, and Naren in the lead role.The film is directed by Sripathi.The director has filmed Muttiah Muralitharan’s life as it is. Muthiah became interested in cricket as a boy, his passion for cricket led him to boarding school after the 1977 riots that endangered the lives of Tamils in Sri Lanka, Muthiah’s achievements in school and college, disgruntled debut series in England, bounced back, World Cup win, caught bowling illegally Controversy, taking the most wickets in Test matches, the attack on the Sri Lankan team’s bus during the tour of Pakistan, and the record of 800 Test wickets in the final.
The second half shows Muttiah Muralitharan meeting the leader of the Tamil Eelam Naren has played the role of the leader known as Master. LTTE Prabhakaran was called Master. That meeting is tension itself. Someone who wants peace in the country he considers his motherland. Another believes that his people are safe because of his armed struggle. People with different opinions meet like this.
Madhur Mittal’s performance shows some of the frustration of Muthiah, who is irritated by always having to prove who he is.
The scenes on the ground are coming as they are. But Muthiah’s finale mixed with a bit of drama gives hope to dreamers and highlights the achievement of a genius.
Cricket fans will like this movie and Muralitharan fans will like this movie.
