Cycle Kick
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{{Infobox film
| name =
| image = Cycle Kick poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = Shashi Sudigala
| story = Shashi Sudigala
| producer = Subhash Ghai
| starring = Tom Alter
Nishan
Sunny Hinduja
| music = Sanjoy Chowdhury
| studio = Mukta Searchlight Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2011|6|16|Narmad International Film Festival}}
| country = India
| language = Hindi
}}
Cycle Kick is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film directed by Shashi Sudigala starring Tom Alter, Nishan and Sandeep Bhaiya. The film did not have a theatrical release and was only released in film festivals.{{Cite web |last=Hooli |first=Sekhar |date=5 May 2011 |title=Nishan starring in Subhash Ghai's Cycle Kick |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2011/nishan-star-subhash-ghai-cycle-kick-050511-aid0062.html |website=Filmibeat}}{{Cite web |last=Bhatt |first=Himaansshu |date=16 June 2011 |title=Film fest to kick-start with 'Cycle Kick' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/film-fest-to-kick-start-with-cycle-kick/articleshow/8868727.cms |website=The Times of India}}{{Cite web |date=7 June 2011 |title=Corporates changed moviemaking in India: Subhash Ghai |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/corporates-changed-moviemaking-in-india-subhash-ghai-374014.html |website=News18}}{{Cite web |date=16 December 2006 |title=What Subhash Ghai has up his sleeve |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/what-subhash-ghai-has-up-his-sleeve-253704.html |website=News18}}
Cast
- Nishan as Ramu
- Sunny Hinduja as Ali
- Tom Alter as football coach{{Cite web |last=Vazir |first=Varun |date=7 June 2011 |title='Cycle Kick' needs to be promoted: Alter |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/cycle-kick-needs-to-be-promoted-alter/articleshow/8759017.cms |website=Mumbai Mirror |via=The Times of India}}
- Dwij Yadav as Deva
- Ishita Sharma
- Girija Oak as Shrishti
- Gurmeet Chaudhary
Production
The film began production in 2006.{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Tribune News |title=I want to be an actor first, says actor Sunny Hinduja |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/keep-yoga-off-commercial-activities-says-expert-249338 |website=Tribuneindia News Service}} Producer Subhash Ghai promoted Love Express more than this film although they both released at around the same time.{{Cite web |date=6 June 2011 |title=Watch 'Love Express', 'Cycle Kick' on one ticket: Ghai |url=https://www.nowrunning.com/news/bollywood/watch-love-express-cycle-kick-on-one-ticket-ghai/41515/story.htm |website=IANS |via=Nowrunning}}
Reception
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama opined that "On the whole, CYCLE KICK is a decent attempt, but the predicament is that it arrives with as good as zilch awareness".{{Cite web |last=Adarsh |first=Taran |author-link=Taran Adarsh |date=17 June 2011 |title=Cycle Kick Movie Review |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/cycle-kick/critic-review/cycle-kick-movie-review/ |website=Bollywood Hungama}} Subhash K. Jha wrote that "'Cycle Kick' is not quite the kick-in-the-groin take on the non-urban youth's aspirations that "Iqbal" so successfully happened to be. But it has its heart in the right place. And it doesn't puts its foot in its mouth".{{Cite web |last=Jha |first=Subhash K. |author-link=Subhash K. Jha |date=17 June 2011 |title=Cycle Kick Hindi Movie |url=https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/3771/bollywood.hindi/cycle-kick/3155/review.htm |website=Nowrunning}} A critic from Koimoi opined that "Shashi’s screenplay attempts to do too much and ends up doing too little, that too, with hardly any finesse or competence".{{Cite web |last=Nahta |first=Komal |date=17 June 2011 |title=Cycle Kick Review |url=https://www.koimoi.com/reviews/cycle-kick-review/ |website=Koimoi}}
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