Sudani from Nigeria

I haven't seen such a beautiful and natural movie like this. Football fanatics in Bengal Kerala and Goa can relate to this film very much. Along with it the humanity and empathy which today's world is lacking big time. 10 on 10 for me. A movie can be seen multiple times.

Majeed is a football club manager in Malappuram and while his team plays for the Sevens tournament, one of the foreign players from Nigeria, Samuel, injures his leg. As he is advised a month of rest, Majeed takes Samuel to his home. But, it was just the beginning of a series of mishaps

I don't cry often watching films. But I did cry for around 2 scenes in the 2nd half. It speaks about various issues, all telling us the humanity to fellow human being which we've forgotten. It's worth your time.

Do you ever get so engrossed in a piece of classical music (Vivaldi, maybe) that it ticks your pleasure nerves as it crescendoes? Sudani from Nigeria is a film that gives you that same feeling. Where you get so absorbed in the emotional tug that the film marvelously creates you almost weep. Doe-eyed comedy man Soubin Shahir plays Majeed, a manager of a local sevens (soccer) team for which he outsources players from African countries. One such rockstar player is Samuel (Samuel Robinson) from Nigeria who Majeed has placed all his bets on for the ongoing tournament. Even though the film has been made as if to appeal to all the mad soccer fans of Kerala, it is not about the sport. It is about humility and the power of giving. Director-writer Zakariya has carved a simplistic story that maneuvers itself into a moralistic campaign of a few hot current topics, and on the way, shows what true altruism looks like and what it can do to you. Majeed is an average guy with his own set of problems, yet his heart aches for Samuel. More than Majeed, it is his mother and her friend whose hearts ache and bleed. The mother who desires her own son Majeed to also maybe fall ill just so she can embrace her; Sudani from Nigeria is a heartwarming take on relationships as they both crumble and come together. Tears are definitely going to roll down the cheeks of emotional people for director Zakariya uses all his might to stuff the crescendo in the last 15 minutes, making you gasp for more. Shahir is phenomenal, but for the first time his portrayal was outmatched by someone else. And that is Savithri Sreedharan, the actor who plays his on-screen mother with so much panache and diligence, you fall in love with her and wonder where she was all these years. With maybe 2-3 known faces, Sudani from Nigeria builds on the acting power of its newbie and possibly first-time actors who play life. There are dull moments at the start, and also a hard try at mixing songs, but Sudani from Nigeria is more than any of those minor setbacks. It is a sweet little film that makes you feel good about humankind in general. But more than that it makes you want to give a part of yourself. Carry few tissues, and go watch it because this one is a rare mixture of humor, drama, and near perfect dialogues. TN.