Jungle Cry Movie Review: Abhay Deol’s Sports Drama Is a Heartwarming, Inspiring Story About Triumph

Available
On:
Lionsgate
Play
Language:
Hindi/English

Duration:
102
Minutes

Story:
Jungle
Cry,
based
on
a
true
story,
follows
twelve
underprivileged
children
from
Orissa
and
their
stories
as
they
go
on
to
play
Rugby
for
the
first
time
and
win
the
prestigious
U-14
Rugby
World
Cup
in
England.

Abhay
Deol
Reveals
Dibakar
Banerjee
Wanted
Him
To
Grab
Eyeballs
With
Negative
False
Stories
For
Shanghai

Review:
Abhay
Deol’s

Jungle
Cry
is
a
narrative-documentary
style
feel-good
movie.
However,
the
screenplay
does
not
shy
away
from
exploring
the
story
behind
every
member
of
the
film,
from
coach
Rudra
to
his
underdog
team.
The
film
is
sure
to
bring
out
the
love
for
the
country
as
The
Jungle
Cats
soar
through
the
tournament
to
win
the
Under-14
rugby
world
cup
in
whales.

The
film
begins
with
the
moment
it
all
changes
for
not
only
The
Jungle
Cats,
but
also
for
Rudra
(played
by
Abhay
Deol),
when
a
Rugby
coach
Paul
from
the
UK
shows
up
at
the
Kalinga
Institute
of
Social
Sciences
looking
for
players.
Even
before
introducing
Rugby,
the
first
scene
shows
that
sportsmanship
and
fire
are
there
in
the
players
naturally.
The
kids
running
through
the
roads
stumble
and
fall
fighting
ruthlessly
for
a
ball
of
marbles
impressing
the
Gora
coach
(Paul).

Rudra
who
has
tirelessly
worked
hard
with
his
team
to
make
them
the
best
at
football,
isn’t
happy
about
the
change,
and
the
kids
who
have
given
their
best
for
Rudra
aren’t
happy
about
him
leaving.
We
do
get
a
few
fun
moments
of
the
kids
being
kids
before
the
journey
for
their
big
win
begins.
For
the
early
games,
Atul
Kumar
as
the
institute’s
founder
Achyuta
plays
the
narrator,
explaining
every
bit
of
the
chaos
and
victory
so
the
audience
kno