Decided to make a film centred at a team sport, their obvious preference was not for cricket, it was for kabaddi. And, given the special position kabaddi occupies throughout Maharashtra, where it is known as hu tu tu, they were certain that they had a sure-shot winner of a script in their hands. Kanthale, the director of Sur Sapata produced by I Speed Entertainment, which hit the floors in May and is likely to release at the end of the year, says he was waiting precisely for such a theme to make his directorial debut. “I was certain that I will start my career as a helmsman with a movie on sports. Considering that we are having films like Sultan and Dangal [on wrestling] releasing now and also that Marathi film industry is being keenly watched after Sairaat’s success, this was the right time to make a film like Sur Sapata,” he says. Kanthale and Jayant Lade, whose company Lade Bros Films is also involved in the production of the movie, say the film focusses on the lives of a bunch of teenage wastrels in a Maharashtrian village. “Having been written off by their teachers in studies, they find common purpose in playing good kabaddi for their village and go on to compete with city teams,” says Lade, who considers himself the film’s ‘presenter’.
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