Yeh Hai Cricket . Review on Awwal Number

India has lost two of the three one day internationals against Australia, and have lost all hope of winning the three-one day series, mostly due to the dismal performance of the arrogant Cricket Captain, Ranvir Singh alias Ronny, who is also the brother of the Chair of the Cricket Selection Committee.

This Committee decides to have a new-comer named Sunny in place of Ronny, which leaves an embittered Ronny, swearing to kill Sunny at any cost.

The third match is being planned in the Brabourne Stadium in Bombay, and a group of terrorists announces that they will blow the stadium up with the estimated 50,000 spectators, unless and until the Indian army withdraws it's peace-keeping force in the region.

The Chair of the Selection Committee takes control as the Director General of Police; launches an investigation; and does arrest the culprits, who have been employed with the Stadium for many years.

But the problems are not over yet, for the stadium is still packed with explosives, and the remote control is in the hands of Ronny - who has decided to kill Sunny at any cost.

Not exactly one of my favorites considering this was one of the zillions of movies Dev Anand has directed.

But what was interesting about it was it being designed around cricket.

Not many movies are produced in Bollywood which tackle this genre, Lagaan being an amazingly sole exception considering it made it all the way to the Academy awards.

Awwal Number was probably one of the first few movies that pioneered the theme of sports based jealousy, passion, love and the spirit.

Aamir Khan still getting hold of his acting prowess and with Aditya Panscholi made it an interesting movie.

Throw in an evergreen Dev sa'ab making sure things ran smoothly and you have ''Awwal Number''.

The songs were pretty forgettable but what stayed was the memory of a movie based on Cricket.