The Goal (1999 film)

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| name = The Goal

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| director = Gul Bahar Singh

| producer =

| writer = Deeya Roy

| screenplay = Partha Banerjee
Subir Mukherjee

| story = Prafulla Roy

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| starring = Irrfan Khan

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| music = Chandan Roy Chaudhury

| cinematography = Aryan Kanakia

| editing = Ujjal Nandy

| studio = Children's Film Society, India

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| released = {{Film date|1999|12|30|df=yes}}

| runtime = 1 hour 30 minutes

| country = India

| language = Hindi

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The Goal is a Hindi drama film based on the short story written by Bengali writer Prafulla Roy, released In 1999 produced by Children's Film Society, India and directed by Gul Bahar Singh starring Irrfan Khan as a coach. The film has won several national and international awards.{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals}}{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/bengali-film-on-football-after-3-decades/703952/|title=Bengali film on football after 3 decades|publisher=Indian Express}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Childrenrsquos-film-festival-begins-in-Kottayam/article16481601.ece|title=Children's film festival begins in Kottayam|work=The Hindu|date=23 November 2009 }} The movie was shot in many parts of Batanagar thereby the craze of people during this movie's shooting time was unmatchable, as many of people there love playing Football more than anything. This was his first movie that being shot in West Bengal with many other Bengali actors in lead.