Maidaan is a 2024 Hindi-language Bollywood biographical drama film that was released on 10 April 2024. The film was written by Saiwyn Quadras, Akash Chawla, and Arunava Joy Sengupta and directed by Amit Sharma, who is known as a famous director for his past works “Lust Stories 2” in 2023 and “Badhaai Ho” in 2018, both of the film got very good response from the box office. The Maidaan film is produced by Akash Chawla, Arunava Joy Sengupta, and Boney Kapoor under the banner of Zee Studios, Bayview Projects, and Fresh Lime Films.
The cinematography of the Maidaan film is done by Tushar Kanti Ray and Fyodor Lyass (sports), both are known as good cinematographers, and the editing is handled by Dev Rao and Jadhav Shahnawaz Mosani (sports). The music composer who composed the music for the film is A. R. Rahman, a world-famous person for his amazing songs and music. The distribution of the film is handled by CCC Studios, I am not familiar with this company so much.
The main characters from the movie are Ajay Devgn, Priyamani, Gajraj Rao, Devyansh Tripathi, Nitanshi Goel, and Aayesha Vindhara, the official runtime of the film is 3 hours and 1 minute. The reported budget of the Maidaan film is Rs 250 crore and the reported box office collection of the film is only Rs 37.92 crore, which shows that the film is flopped at the box office.
Songs
There is a total of five songs from the Maidaan film. The first song from the film is “Mirza” with lyrics by Manoj Muntashir, music by A.R. Rahman, and sung by Javed Ali and Richa Sharma. The length of the first song from the film is 5 minutes and 16 seconds. The first song Mirza was released on YouTube by Saregama Music on March 18, 2024, and is currently viewed 20 million times.
The second song from the film is “Team India Hain Hum” with lyrics by Manoj Muntashir, Davinder Singh, and SlowCheeta, music by A.R. Rahman and sung by A.R. Rahman and Nakul Abhyankar. The length of the second song Team India Hain Hum is 2 minutes and 43 seconds. The second song was released on YouTube by Saregama Music and is currently viewed 5 million times.
“Ranga Ranga” is the third song from the Maidaan film with lyrics by MC Heam and Saraswati Putra Ramajogayya Sastry, music by A.R. Rahman, and sung by Vaishali Samant and MC Heam. The length of the third song Ranga Ranga is 2 minutes and 58 seconds. The song was released on YouTube by Saregama Music on April 5, 2024, and is currently viewed 20 million times.
The fourth song from the film is “Dil Nahi Todenge” with lyrics by Manoj Muntashir, music by A.R. Rahman, and sung by Javed Ali. The length of the fourth song Dil Nahi Todenge is 4 minutes and 18 seconds. The fourth song was released on YouTube by Saregama Music on 19 April 2024 and is currently viewed only 37k times.
The fifth and last song from the Maidaan film is “Jaane Do” with lyrics by Manoj Muntashir, and sung by A.R. Rahman and Hiral Viradia. The length of the last and fifth song is 6 minutes and 47 seconds. The song Jaane Do was released on YouTube by A.R. Rahman on April 8, 2024, and is currently viewed 47k times. The total length of these five songs combined from the film is 22 minutes and 2 seconds.
Cast
- Ajay Devgn as Syed Abdul Rahim
- Priyamani as Saira Rahim
- Gajraj Rao as Roy Chaudhary
- Devyansh Tripathi as Syed Shahid Hakim
- Nitanshi Goel as Rahim’s daughter
- Aayesha Vindhara as Rahim’s daughter
- Meenal Patel as Rahim’s mother
- Rudranil Ghosh as Shubhankar
- Baharul Islam as Anjan
- Zaheer Mirza as Morarji Desai
- Madhur Mittal as Fortunato Franco
- Chaitanya Sharma as PK Banerjee
- Tejas Ravishankar as Peter Thangaraj
- Davinder Gill as Jarnail Singh
- Amartya Ray as Chuni Goswami
- Sushant Waydande as Tulsidas Balaram
- Abhilash Thapliyal as Dev Mattew
- Manandeep Singh as Trilok Singh Basera
- Vishnu G Varrier as O. Chandrashekar
- Raphael Jose as D. Ethiraj
- Jayanth V. as Arumainayagam
- Aaman Munshi as Arun Ghosh
- Sai Kishore as DMK Afzal
- Amandeep Thakur as Ram Bahadur Chettri
- Tanmay Bhattacharjee as Pradyut Barman
- Arko Das as Prasanta Sinha
- Prajwal Maski as Yousuf Khan
- Rishab Joshi as S. S. Hakim
- Vijay Maurya as Indian Commentator
- Pavitra Sarkar as Bengal Team coach
- Purnendu Bhattacharya as Doctor
- Shruthy Menon as Jazzclub singer
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Reviews
TamilYogi Review: I watched the film at the theatre and I liked the film very much, it is an amazingly entertaining film by Ajay Devgn, I will surely recommend you to watch the film. The story and dialogues and specially the acting are amazing. I am rating this film 4.7 stars out of 5 stars.
Audience Reviews: The film got positive reviews from audiences, over 12k people rated this film 8.8 stars out of 10 stars on IMDb, which are amazing reviews from audiences.
Critical Reviews: The film also, got positive reviews from critics, The film got 67% from 6 critics on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.
Sana Farzeen from India Today rated this film 4 stars out of 5 stars and said “‘Maidaan’ is not only a treat for football enthusiasts but also quite a delight for movie lovers. It immortalises the unsung hero, after whom India never qualified for the Olympics.“
Dhaval Roy from The Times of India rated this film 4 stars out of 5 stars and said “Maidaan is a must-watch on the big screen for the thrilling experience and outstanding storytelling. It truly emulates the dialogue in the movie, ‘Kismat haathon se nahi, paeron se likhi jaati hai,’ as the team puts its best foot forward with the stellar outing!“
Rishil Jogani from Pinkvilla rated this film 3.5 stars out of 5 stars and said “Maidaan is a work of passion, that can only be envisioned by someone who is really passionate to tell the underdog story of the Indian National Football Team. It succeeds in making the audience relive the Golden Age of Indian Football. There are a few hiccups through the film but you take home a very fulfilling feeling as the credits roll.“
How to Watch Maidaan Movie
The Maidaan movie is currently running at the box office and if you want to watch the movie then you must have to go to the nearest theatre and book tickets to watch the movie. You can use BookMyShow or Google Maps to find your nearest theatre and buy tickets online through the platform or by going there. If you are unable to go to the nearest theatre or there is no theatre near to you then you must have to wait until the movie gets released on an OTT platform Amazon Prime Videos.
The OTT release rights of the Maidaan film were sold to Amazon Prime Videos and the satellite release rights were sold to Star Gold. After the movie is released on Amazon Prime Videos you just have to purchase a premium subscription to Amazon Prime Videos and then you can watch and download the Maidaan movie from the official OTT partner of the movie. You can also, watch and download other movies available on Amazon Prime Videos without any issues legally.
