Imagine 12 really poor kids who spent their lives in tribal villages unaware of everything that formed a team and won the worldcup , isn't it a thrill and motivational in just thinking of this.
93 Reviews
Loving it
himanshi-812496 June 2022
Good movie
shwetaasharmaaa6 June 2022
An Inspiring Sports Drama
mayankshukla14048 June 2022
In 2007 Indian team went on to win the under 14 junior rugby world cup.
How many of us know this??
Jungle Cry is an important film that tells us the story of these underdogs comprising of tribal boys who trained for just 4 months to create this miracle.
An inspiring sports drama with brilliant performances by Abhay Deol & Emily Shah streaming on Lionsgate Play. Found this one more engaging than the other recently released sports film Jhund.
How many of us know this??
Jungle Cry is an important film that tells us the story of these underdogs comprising of tribal boys who trained for just 4 months to create this miracle.
An inspiring sports drama with brilliant performances by Abhay Deol & Emily Shah streaming on Lionsgate Play. Found this one more engaging than the other recently released sports film Jhund.
Griping plot
murtuzabarbhaiwala3 June 2022
The way story unfolds is really good and it was nice to see our jungle cats win rugby World Cup. This story needs to travel to more people. The sports needs more encouragement in our country and identify the real talent.
Salutes
sameerlodaya4 June 2022
Sameer lodaya
The movie is meant to salute atulji the founder rudra the Indian coach and Paul the uk coach
The makers have presented the true story of Odisha boys who made the gate for india in rugby..this movie cannot be reviewed it's simply a selfless effort from bunch of people to raise the slum kids and make their life to new sun..Abhay was good along with the boys the innocence was well presented
The movie could had been made in a high commercial way where everyone could had seen this untold story.
The movie is meant to salute atulji the founder rudra the Indian coach and Paul the uk coach
The makers have presented the true story of Odisha boys who made the gate for india in rugby..this movie cannot be reviewed it's simply a selfless effort from bunch of people to raise the slum kids and make their life to new sun..Abhay was good along with the boys the innocence was well presented
The movie could had been made in a high commercial way where everyone could had seen this untold story.
Good
divyasharma-596344 June 2022
I took my daughters to watch this movie and they completely loved it. The kids' journey will touch everyone's heart. Especially people with families must take their kids to watch and make them learn that how effort, hard work make everything possible.
Fabulous creation..
jeejeerawat6 June 2022
Teamwork makes the dreamwork
pianopratik23 May 2022
Entertaining watch
harpreetsingh216 June 2022
A Miracle Story Brought Down By Obsolete Presentation.
SAMTHEBESTEST3 June 2022
Jungle Cry (2022) :
Movie Review -
In 2007, two great things related to sports happened. One was when Team India won the first ever T20 World Cup, and second, Shimit Amin made a classic sports drama, "Chak De India"! Interestingly, these two are connected with Jungle Cry. Let me tell you how. Jungle Cry's story is based on an event that took place in the same period when Team India won the 2007 World Cup, and the second thing is, it looks similar to what Chak De India showed in the same year. Chak De India has actually broken almost all the dramatic conflicts that any great sports drama can have. We did have great sports dramas like "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" (2013) and "Dangal" (2016), but both were biographical dramas, while "Chak De India" was a fictional tale. Maybe that's why it was so dramatic, and hence, a tough film for its time. Lagaan (2001) was even way ahead because it was too early for the last ball drama and stuff, and also because it wasn't an outright sports drama. These four films have set the bar too high and haven't left anything for others. Therefore, Jungle Cry looks outdated, despite its miraculously true story.
The movie is based on the true story of 12 boys from Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), who trained hard to master the beautiful sport of rugby, and within 4 months went on to win the 2007 Under-14 Rugby World Cup in England. Rudra (Abhay Deol) is a football coach, but he has to give up the format as Paul (Stewart Wright), a foreign rugby coach, sees potential in the boys for the Rugby World Cup. How these two take the boys on this victorious journey is all that forms the entire plot of Jungle Cry in two hours. Jungle Cry has a good, inspiring story, but is spoiled by a faltering screenplay. Not a single scene in the movie has anything new to excite you, despite so much action in the middle of the ground. Even before the match, you know the results and can even predict the next matches. Like I said, the cliches were already used by those four films, so here, there's nothing to keep you hooked. Moreover, a dull presentation causes extra boredom.
Performance-wise, Abhay Deol is fairly decent as a coach. This guy can do better, as we have all seen in the past, so his performance in Jungle Cry doesn't really match the level of hype. In her first scene, Emily Shah is highly impressive with that smooth accent. But later on, it gets corny and her character leaves you unsatisfied. All the child artists are in natural flow, or should I say, too natural to feature in a film. It feels like a real-time documentary on many occasions because the boys don't act. They just do what they do in real life. Atul Kumar does his part well, while the rest of the supporting cast looks okay in their minor roles.
2007 makes for another interesting coincidence with Jungle Cry. Director Sagar Ballary made his most acclaimed film till date, "Bheja Fry", in the same year. I think he was stuck with the same vision of 2007 for Jungle Cry, which was made for the audience of 2022. The film has glitches that you can easily notice and find irritating, but in some scenes, Ballary has done a fantastic job. Those rugby match scenes are some of the finest shots ever taken in Bollywood's mainstream sports dramas. The way the camera captures all those pacy action-driven sequences is truly commendable. Sagar Ballary and the technical team deserve to be hailed for that. However, the rest of the films have nothing impressive, making it an average watch. Nevertheless, the film deserves to be watched at least once to know the unpopular story of underdogs who created history. Watch out for that climax scene when you realise how the craze for cricket has overshadowed many great achievements in the history of Indian sports.
RATING - 5/10*
In 2007, two great things related to sports happened. One was when Team India won the first ever T20 World Cup, and second, Shimit Amin made a classic sports drama, "Chak De India"! Interestingly, these two are connected with Jungle Cry. Let me tell you how. Jungle Cry's story is based on an event that took place in the same period when Team India won the 2007 World Cup, and the second thing is, it looks similar to what Chak De India showed in the same year. Chak De India has actually broken almost all the dramatic conflicts that any great sports drama can have. We did have great sports dramas like "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" (2013) and "Dangal" (2016), but both were biographical dramas, while "Chak De India" was a fictional tale. Maybe that's why it was so dramatic, and hence, a tough film for its time. Lagaan (2001) was even way ahead because it was too early for the last ball drama and stuff, and also because it wasn't an outright sports drama. These four films have set the bar too high and haven't left anything for others. Therefore, Jungle Cry looks outdated, despite its miraculously true story.
The movie is based on the true story of 12 boys from Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), who trained hard to master the beautiful sport of rugby, and within 4 months went on to win the 2007 Under-14 Rugby World Cup in England. Rudra (Abhay Deol) is a football coach, but he has to give up the format as Paul (Stewart Wright), a foreign rugby coach, sees potential in the boys for the Rugby World Cup. How these two take the boys on this victorious journey is all that forms the entire plot of Jungle Cry in two hours. Jungle Cry has a good, inspiring story, but is spoiled by a faltering screenplay. Not a single scene in the movie has anything new to excite you, despite so much action in the middle of the ground. Even before the match, you know the results and can even predict the next matches. Like I said, the cliches were already used by those four films, so here, there's nothing to keep you hooked. Moreover, a dull presentation causes extra boredom.
Performance-wise, Abhay Deol is fairly decent as a coach. This guy can do better, as we have all seen in the past, so his performance in Jungle Cry doesn't really match the level of hype. In her first scene, Emily Shah is highly impressive with that smooth accent. But later on, it gets corny and her character leaves you unsatisfied. All the child artists are in natural flow, or should I say, too natural to feature in a film. It feels like a real-time documentary on many occasions because the boys don't act. They just do what they do in real life. Atul Kumar does his part well, while the rest of the supporting cast looks okay in their minor roles.
2007 makes for another interesting coincidence with Jungle Cry. Director Sagar Ballary made his most acclaimed film till date, "Bheja Fry", in the same year. I think he was stuck with the same vision of 2007 for Jungle Cry, which was made for the audience of 2022. The film has glitches that you can easily notice and find irritating, but in some scenes, Ballary has done a fantastic job. Those rugby match scenes are some of the finest shots ever taken in Bollywood's mainstream sports dramas. The way the camera captures all those pacy action-driven sequences is truly commendable. Sagar Ballary and the technical team deserve to be hailed for that. However, the rest of the films have nothing impressive, making it an average watch. Nevertheless, the film deserves to be watched at least once to know the unpopular story of underdogs who created history. Watch out for that climax scene when you realise how the craze for cricket has overshadowed many great achievements in the history of Indian sports.
RATING - 5/10*
Must watch
Pranshu096 June 2022
Truly Remarkable
rs-405466 June 2022
Could be better
sankhan995 August 2022
Must watch
KanishkRathi146 June 2022
Realistic
ranisharmaa6 June 2022
Amazing movie
abhinahi-506756 June 2022
Package of Many exciting elements
aryanfunny6 June 2022
A must watch movie
ankitndri7 July 2022
Such movies should be released on those OTT which is most-watched such as NETFLIX and/or Amazon prime video. This is a real story and a great achievement, but still, nobody wants to accept it. Why? Because tribal boys achieved that World cup in Rugby? Or Because we don't have any interest in Rugby? Here, playing Rugby or winning the World cup was not important, The important thing was that they got to know 'Life'. These were those children who never saw a train, aeroplane, or restaurant. Still, through that institute, they got an opportunity to see the world. Please don't seek always songs, chatpata masala or heropanti. I firmly believe that such movies are the inspiration not for millions, but at least for thousands. And such movies should be made frequently.
Good
amritakumar-867406 June 2022
Wasted talent
dsgill-0265225 June 2022
Please don't take my review seriously as I didn't watch the series beyond one hour that too after using the fast forward button. In whatever little time that I spent watching, the few observations are that Deol was wasted in a weak, poor, outdated, irrelevant storyline pushed forward with the help of a talented star.
PASS......
PASS......
Awesome Movie
srinivasnagmandali8 June 2022
A must watch
SarthakGarg206 June 2022
Plot never grips it
gthakkar5 June 2022
Awesome movie
sonarmanshukh4 June 2022
Entertaining
hinasharmaaa6 June 2022
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