Hindustan Times: By Khalid Mohammed: Nose woes. A woman physio-therapist peers into the cavernous nostrils of an injured football player. Pause. She smiles mysteriously and announces, “Wow, you have such a delicate nose.” What a naak-a-bandi, really.
That’s Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (I’m not making up the title, cross my heart) directed by Vivek Agnihotri. Uh huh. More
Times of India: By Nikhat Kazmi : HANGOVER are always bad. And this one is like a staggered hangover of Chak De India . It takes the body and rips out the soul. So that, you have one more sporty spiel about desh-bhakti.
Only, this one hums and haws about Hum Hindustani and Hamari Hindustaniyat, unlike the earlier one which was truly Chuck-de, when it comes to clichés. Here, it’s a bunch of Southall Brits who are hellbent on proving their Bharat belongingness and they do it so predictably, you can almost see the tricolour painted on their face. More
NDTV.com: By Anupama Chopra: Most sports films follow a standard-issue formula. The team begins as the ultimate underdog with clumsy, out-of-shape players. The coach is an equal loser – his back story usually features a triumphant career cut short by some shameful event that made him spend the rest of his life in anonymity. The coach then takes this loser team and builds them into the winner that he couldn’t be. The team and the coach redeem each other. It leads to a climax, which features an inspiring, impossible triumph of will.
Director Vivek Agnihotri’s Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal follows the formula to a T. Southhall United is UK’s worst football team. They haven’t won a match in 25 years. They have no money—their uniforms are sponsored by a hair salon—Pammi’s. If they continue to lose, they will even have to forego their playing field, which is being eyed by a builder. More
Glamsham.com: It’s simple logic thrown to the winds. You can’t put your creative energies in a sports movie, get your actors to do some grueling drills to fit the part and when it comes to the crux, think the audience is a fool. What were you thinking of Mr Vivek Agnihotri?
The League Championship is entering its final stage and Southall Football Club is in a strong position to win the three million-pound prize money, which will see them through the lease of their ground for the next 30 years. More
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