Film is abt a boy who has childhood dream to make it big in cricketing world,a dream which crores of children hav but only few make it to final 11.Vijay shekhawat(harman) lives in Jaisalmer,Rajasthan n has always been exllent batsmen during school life and first class cricket but is still nt considered for Ranji Trophy even as he isnt from a big name family.One day,he gets a chance to showcase his talent to Indian coach and thats it,his world of glory begins n soon he gets selected in Indian team.But Vijay commits one single mistake,that ruins his cricketing world.Will he realize it in time and come out of it as victorius or not is the film all abt.

I feel the film has its heart in right place,but the lead actor harman doesnt totally live upto the character.Harman as Vijay-the batsmen does brillaint work,just watch the way he makes stance,shot making,it all looks like a real player,so good work there.But the problem comes in scenes when he isnt on ground.His expressions either are overdone or the camera zooms in too much at his face,also he needs to do something with his look,as there was something tht just wasnt clicking at so many scenes.

Amrita rao,reminded me of ayesha frm jo jeeta wahi sikander,only difference being tht amrita wasnt given any importance except for late 2nd half.She did quite well in her part though.

Anupam kher was very good,Gulshan Grover was perfect n for a change he did something different,no more gangster type role.Dalip tahil was good.

Direction was very good,cricket matches were quite well covered with gud camera angles.

Songs are used very well,credits begin with kailash kher no yeh cricket hai bhaiya showcasing how much popular cricket is among indians with ppl playing it all possible forms,kids or college students whether in rain or roof or any where any time,loved the way it was used,n guess wht while coming home,i saw 2 kids playing cricket in small place.

Thankfully,mazza aa gaya isnt used.Balla utha could had made much more impact then it made but still it was good.Now,money money is the perfect song used so well,the energy n lyrics of song makes it special as a turning point of film n vijay shekhawat,n check out some moves of harman in dis song .

Aisa toh socha na tha again very well used,victory title doesnt make much impact,though the scenes in it do.And finally,my fav one Tu ne re song,superbly done,specially the ending part.

The film is full of cricket n hence real cricketers,here's their performance card

Brett Lee...... Australia - he was the best of all cricketers in the film,n has got very important scenes at many parts of film.

Mike Hussey...... Australia - quite gud,specially climax one.
Simon Katich...... Australia - nice
Stuart Clarke...... Australia - nice
Brad Hogg...... Australia - very nice(reverse sweep of his ball is the one to see)
Michael Slater...... Australia - nice
Dean Jones...... Australia - good
Shoaib Mallik...... Pakistan - fine
Suhail Tanvir...... Pakistan - ok
Waqar Yunus...... Pakistan - strictly fine(he looked strange while speaking dialogue though,bit funny)
Sanath Jayasurya...... Sri Lanka - love the scene where he says only vijay can break my fastest 50 record
Chaminda Vaas...... Sri Lanka - fine
Muthaiah Murlitharan...... Sri Lanka - fine
Fernando...... Sri Lanka - good(watch harman's reaction in one scene towards him,only for cricket lovers)
Ajantha Mendes...... Sri Lanka - okish
Graeme Smith...... South Africa - fine
Harbhajan Singh...... India - nice
Dinesh Karthik...... India - good
R. P. Singh...... India - bad(didnt quite like his dialogue delivery)
Praveen Kumar...... India - good
Yusuf Pathan...... India - worst(did he forgot,he had to showcase real emotions n he was smiling while batting with team in terrible position)
Ashish Nehra...... India - nice(love the way he shows expression when vijay hits him for six)
Ramesh Powar...... India - good(laal badshah)
Navjot Singh Siddhu...... India - kuch shayari sun lena inki,gud as always,didnt get overboard for a change
Maninder Singh...... India - ahh his hindi commentary,thankfully jyada focus nahi diya iski commentary ko,he was good though as looked real not fake.
Atul Wassan...... India - he was fine.
Harsha Bhogle ... - nice


In the end, I will say tht its a film meant for cricket lovers,they can connect to it easily.Any other actor then harman would had taken the film to a certain high but never mind,he does shine in many scenes.His 1st encounter with indian coach,his reactions while watching gulshan photo with sachin,sunil gavaskar,his reply to bouncer of brett,the finale.So,he has his moments too .

Victory for me is a product that isnt any where close to previous big cricket theme films,but this one has its owh charm,its a mix of jo jeeta wahi sikander n fashion in a way.There are few cinematic liberties taken,which in real wont happen,but then itna chalta hai .

Watch it,if you love cricket or have knowledge of it,even if u dislike harman.


Ratings :


Direction : 2.75 Out of 5
Screenplay : 3 Out of 5
Dialogues : 2.5 Out of 5
Cinematography : 2.5 Out of 5
Choreography : 3 Out of 5
Entertainment Value : 3.75 Out of 5
Performances : 2.85 Out of 5
Story : 3.15 Out of 5
Music : 2.75 Out of 5



Film rating - 3.75/5(.60 extra for tu ne re song)

Recommendation : Give it a go only if You are a die hard cricket fan and you can tolerate Hurman even though he is quite okay.