Film industry completely awed by Iqbal 
By IndiaFM News Bureau, August 27, 2005 - 03:22 IST
Subhash Ghai’s Iqbal was premiered on Thursday and opened to an overwhelming round of applause by the viewers that also included some prominent filmmakers from the industry. And everyone is was just in complete awe of the film.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra is in all praise for Subhash Ghai for daring to attempt movies on such offbeat themes. Vishal Bharadwaj, of Maqbool fame, acclaims the director’s expertise in executing the deaf and dumb portions of the title character very naturally and without pulling any emotive strings. Rajkumar Hirani sees Iqbal in a new perspective and appreciates the fact that the movie breaks the rigid rules of Bollywood of having a romance angle in it. According to Sudhir Mishra, the director of Chameli, what clicks about Iqbal is its display of the victory of the human spirit and the rise of underdog.
And last but not the least, from the man who came up with one of the best Hindi films on the sports theme comes the most gratifying comment. Says Ashutosh Gowariker, the director of Lagaan (that had around 2 hours of cricket footage); Iqbal is the best film on sports ever!
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