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Are films, based on sports, Bollywood’s new success formula? So far, there have been the 2007 mega-hit “Chak De” based on women’s hockey, “Ta Ra Rum Pum” on motor sports and “Apne” which is about boxing. This year, the Hindi film industry steered clear of cricket, the most popular game in the country. The latest film in the sports genre, which releases this Friday, is “Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal” on football. The UTV-produced, Vivek Agnihotri-directed “Goal” is about a football team, comprising South Asians who live in the Southall area of London. They find themselves in a must-win situation in a major English league tournament, if they have to save their club. John Abraham and Arshad Warsi play the role of footballers, Bipasha Basu is John’s lover and Bomman Irani is the coach. John, Arshad and the others trained for weeks under football choreographer Andy Ansah, who has worked with greats such as David Beckham, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho for television commercials. Pritam’s music is already a rage with chartbuster numbers such as “Ishq Ka Kalma”. The film carries positive reports.

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