{"id":115905,"date":"2023-12-12T06:09:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T06:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/12\/u-k-india-sports-drama-a-game-of-two-halves-sets-global-debut\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:09:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T06:09:17","slug":"u-ok-india-sports-drama-a-game-of-two-halves-sets-global-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/12\/u-ok-india-sports-drama-a-game-of-two-halves-sets-global-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"U.Ok.-India Sports Drama &#8216;A Game of Two Halves&#8217; Sets Global Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIndo-British sports activities drama \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/a-game-of-two-halves\/\" id=\"auto-tag_a-game-of-two-halves\" data-tag=\"a-game-of-two-halves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Game of Two Halves<\/a>,\u201d which tackles themes of identification disaster and racial dissonance, is ready for a worldwide bow in 2024. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDirected by British Asian filmmaker Khayam Khan (\u201cBus Ride\u201d), the movie is ready throughout the U.Ok. and India. It chronicles the transformative, coming-of-age journey of Sanjay, a younger British pupil who discovers his true self not amidst the tutorial pressures of a prestigious college, however on the dusty fields of Hyderabad, India, whereas educating soccer to underprivileged kids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe forged contains Saaj Raja (\u201cEternals\u201d), Harish Khanna (\u201c12th Fail\u201d), Lucy Jackson (\u201cThe Ride\u201d), Swaroopa Ghosh (\u201cWar\u201d), Nikkita Chadha (\u201cBarbie\u201d), Sudha Bhuchar (\u201cMary Poppins Returns\u201d), Chizzy Akudolu (\u201cHolby City\u201d), Rajiv Kumar Aneja (\u201cTiger Nageswara Rao\u201d), Pawan Chopra (\u201cAsur\u201d) and Sachin Chaudhary (\u201cSacred Games\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe movie is written by Shirley Day (\u201cMy Day\u201d). It is produced by Nicola Gregory and Sheila Nortley below the banners Ok Squared Films, 2HotFilms and Emineo Films and can be distributed internationally by Shiladitya Bora\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/platoon-one-films\/\" id=\"auto-tag_platoon-one-films\" data-tag=\"platoon-one-films\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Platoon One Films<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tKhan stated: \u201cHaving grown up in an emerging multicultural Britain, where I was one of only a handful of Brown-skinned kids at school, I identify with Sanjay and sympathise with his struggle to find acceptance. Sanjay tries to be accepted by the cool kids by following the beautiful Shreya, but learns his true nature through the life lessons the kids teach him. In the film, I want to show the juxtaposition of what we believe our identity is and what it truly is when we find ourselves and are comfortable in the skin we have been blessed with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cA Game of Two Halves\u201d will launch in cinemas in India, U.Ok. and North America on Feb. 23, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Indo-British sports activities drama \u201cA Game of Two Halves,\u201d which tackles themes of identification disaster and racial dissonance, is ready for a worldwide bow in 2024. Directed by British Asian filmmaker Khayam Khan (\u201cBus Ride\u201d), the movie is ready throughout the U.Ok. and India. 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