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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = The Goal<br />
| image =<br />
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| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --><br />
| director = [[Gul Bahar Singh]]<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = Deeya Roy<br />
| screenplay = Partha Banerjee<br> Subir Mukherjee<br />
| story = Prafulla Roy<br />
| based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --><br />
| starring = [[Irrfan Khan]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = Chandan Roy Chaudhury<br />
| cinematography = Aryan Kanakia<br />
| editing = Ujjal Nandy<br />
| studio = [[Children's Film Society, India]]<br />
| distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --><br />
| released = {{Film date|1999|12|30|df=yes}}<br />
| runtime = 1 hour 30 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
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'''''The Goal''''' is a [[Hindi]] drama film based on the short story written by Bengali writer Prafulla Roy, released In 1999 produced by [[Children's Film Society, India]] and directed by [[Gul Bahar Singh]] starring [[Irrfan Khan]] as a coach. The film has won several national and international awards.<ref name="47thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/bengali-film-on-football-after-3-decades/703952/|title=Bengali film on football after 3 decades|publisher=Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Childrenrsquos-film-festival-begins-in-Kottayam/article16481601.ece|title=Children's film festival begins in Kottayam|work=The Hindu|date=23 November 2009 }}</ref> The movie was shot in many parts of [[Batanagar]] thereby the craze of people during this movie's shooting time was unmatchable, as many of people there love playing Football more than anything. This was his first movie that being shot in [[West Bengal]] with many other Bengali actors in lead.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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The film is about a child Manu (Tapas Dhali) who belongs to a poor family and loves to play football but no one accepts him to play in their team because of his family background however Anupam is a football coach ([[Irrfan Khan]]) finds Manu talented and decides to coach him. After spending some time coaching Manu, coach Anupam thinks that Manu is eligible and decides to play him in a semifinal match for his club but other players and their parents declined to play with Manu because his father is a thief and he belongs to a lower caste. Anupam finds himself helpless and doesn't want such a talent to die so he puts Manu in the rival team to play against his own club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/2000/may/30goal.htm|title=Children's films in India either fall into the rut of thinly disguised pedagogy or absurd, amateurish nonsense.|publisher=Rediff}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
*Abhinav Ben<br />
*Punya Darshan Gupta<br />
*[[Irrfan Khan]]<br />
*Girish Mathur<br />
*[[Manoj Mitra]]<br />
*Anandita Saha<br />
*Sanjay Sharma<br />
*Manjula Singh<br />
*Abhishek Singha<br />
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==Awards==<br />
*2000, [[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|Best Children's Film]] at [[47th National Film Awards]], India.<ref name="47thawardPDF" /><br />
*2001, Special International Jury Prize at [[Cairo Film Festival|11th Cairo International Film Festival]] Egypt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2001/rmar2001/r24032001.html|title=The Indian Entry "The Goal" directed by Gul Bahar Singh and produced by Children's Film Society of India has won Special International Jury's Prize in the 11th Cairo International Film Festival for Children.|publisher=pib.nic.in}}</ref><br />
*2001, Special Mention at [[Zlin international film festival|Zlin International Federation of Film Societies]].<br />
*2001, Selected in [[Indian Panorama]].<br />
*Participated in [[The Golden Elephant|International Children film festival]], Hyderabad<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1999 Hindi-language films]]<br />
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