Sachin: The Ultimate Winner Review - A Children-Oriented Story of a Wannabe Sachin Tendulkar With Yuvraj Singh's Fighting Spirit

Dweep Raj Kochhar's Sachin: The Ultimate Winner is a children-oriented sports drama starring a kid in the centric role. Every cricket lover in India wants to become Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, or Yuvraj Singh—at least one of them, especially school-age children, because that's where the journey begins. Sachin: The Ultimate Winner is the story of every boy who dreams to become Sachin Tendulkar but has to fight against the biggest crises in life, just like Yuvraj Singh.

Sachin: The Ultimate Winner is the story of a school-going boy, Sachin, who loves cricket and dreams to become a great cricketer like Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin is a very kind-hearted boy and has a great talent to emerge as a big cricketer. His mother, teacher, neighbours, and everyone around him love him and support him in achieving his dream. But as we know, there is a villain in every society, in every story, and in every state. So is here, and that's why Sachin has to tackle a big accident and make a comeback on his willpower.The film does not have a great story line or engaging screenplay, but it does manage to give a good message to all the children out there who fear small small problems in their lives while achieving big dreams. The low budget scenario makes things difficult here, and the on-paper draft isn't really encouraging for the big budget approval. But looking at it as a children's film, Sachin: The Ultimate Winner gets ultimate victory because the targeted audience of the film is school-going kids who don't have much knowledge about cinema and cinematic aspects.

Mukul Cheeru plays the lead role of Sachin, and believe it or not, the real Sachin Tendulkar used to look just like him in his childhood (of course, those curly hairs are an exception). This boy is cute and a little fat to be a fast bowler. Ved Thapar is the coach that you see in every school or might have seen during your own schooldays. Sachin's mother, Shivani Sharma, is nothing but a regular single mother, and with no efforts from her side, she just passed the time. Dweep Raj's character of Nihal Singh is very kind and lovable, but I was a little confused with his appearance being a Sikh. The supporting cast is okay, maybe below par most of the time.Sachin: The Ultimate Winner would have done better on screen with a large budget and huge scale. The execution didn't really prove to be worthy of the film's context. This was a kind of filmmaking we used to see way back in the 80s, and the updated features are clearly missing. Be it cinematography, dialogues, action, sports sequences, or background scores—you'll remember the above-mentioned line for that. Aren't we fed up with that last ball victory yet? Or have the IPL and T20 made it so regular? Dweep Raj Kochhar's direction is decent, but I think this story could have been told in better manners. Nevertheless, it does prove its worth for the child audience with a helpful message.