{"id":89573,"date":"2019-08-21T18:30:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=89573"},"modified":"2019-08-21T17:42:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T12:12:45","slug":"zee5-series-bombers-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/entertainment\/web-series\/zee5-series-bombers-review","title":{"rendered":"Zee5 Series \u2018Bombers\u2019 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Zee5<\/a>
Bombers Review: An Inspirational Story of a Football Team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bollywood has started producing sports-based movies in the recent past. However, most of those projects are biographies. Web platform does provide opportunity to experiment and Bombers is Zee5\u2019s first sports drama series. This 10-episode Zee5 web series has football as its central theme.<\/p>\n

Directed by-<\/strong> Vishal Furia
\nProduced by-<\/strong> Sunil Chainani, Sameer Chand, Banijay Asia
\nStarring-<\/strong> Varun Mitra, Ranvir Shorey, Zakir Hussain, Anup Soni, Aahana Kumra, Sapna Pabbi, Prince Narula, Meiyang Chang<\/p>\n

Plot:<\/h2>\n

In a tragic bus accident, Bombers Football Club lost all its players except the lone survivor – the most celebrated player of the team \u2013 Badol Roy.<\/em> Struggling with his nightmares and in order to fulfil his dream, Badol<\/em> decides to move on and join Mumbai Rangers \u2013 the best football team in the country. Citing the reason that after the accident, there is no team left to play for the past two years, the scheming politician Manik Dasgupta<\/em> announces the construction of a shopping mall on the club\u2019s ground. The team and ground owner \u2013 Somu Da<\/em> \u2013 decide to rebuild the team from scratch. He asks Badol<\/em> for help for the sake of the Chandannagar community. Badol<\/em> agrees and asks Debu Da<\/em> \u2013 an alcoholic and failed player of yesteryears, separated from his wife \u2013 to coach the team. But the cherry picked team members have big egos and differences. Will they succeed in their attempt to rebuild the team and retain the ground? Will their personal shortcomings and failures hamper the team and its preparations? What kind of schemes Manik<\/em> plans to derail the team and its advancement? And whether fate has some more nasty surprises in store for Bombers FC? Bombers gives answers to these questions one by one.<\/p>\n

Analysis:<\/h2>\n

Shot in the documentary format, the story of Bombers is narrated by Andy<\/em>. Andy<\/em> meets everyone associated with Bombers \u2013 Somu Da, Debu Da, Badol, Badol<\/em>\u2019s love interest Sanjana<\/em> and the politician Manik<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Backdrop story is loosely inspired from the infamous Munich Air Disaster 1958, which saw 8 players of Manchester United Football Team \u2013 nicknamed \u201cBusby Babes\u201d after the team\u2019s coach Matt Busby<\/em> – killed. Among the survivors were coach Matt Busby<\/em> and 20-year old Bobby Charlton<\/em>. Coach Matt Busby<\/em> famously went on to rebuild the team, which eventually managed to cruise to victory in the FA Cup final five years later.<\/p>\n

The series is based on and shot at the city of Chandannagar \u2013 erstwhile French colony located near Kolkata. France left Chandannagar in 1952, but the rich colonial heritage, architecture and the love for football remains intact. 2018 World Cup final between France and Croatia was watched by the majority of the city population on a giant screen.<\/p>\n

On the acting front, each of the lead actors \u2013 Varun Mitra<\/em> as Badol, Ranvir Shorey<\/em> as Debu Da, Zakir Hussain<\/em> as Somu Da<\/em> and Anup Soni<\/em> as corrupt politician Manik<\/em> – has performed their role equally well. Sapna Pabbi<\/em> as documentary filmmaker Andy<\/em> and Aahana Kumra<\/em> as Sanjana<\/em> have also done justice to their roles. Meiyang Chang<\/em> as Tokai<\/em> and Prince Narula<\/em> as Bali<\/em> had limited scope in their roles. Rohan Rai<\/em> is impressive as Shiva<\/em>. Football lovers would cherish Indian Football captain Sunil Chhetri<\/em><\/a><\/span> in a special appearance in Bombers.<\/p>\n

Music is catchy \u2013 the title track, the rap song and the club anthem \u2013 all are good to listen. Director Vishal Furia<\/em>, who directed \u2018Criminal Justice\u2019 earlier, has shown improvement. However, despite good story and acting, Bombers suffers from some shortcomings \u2013 loose editing, unwarranted sub-plots like homosexuality, doping issues and inappropriate focus on football as compared to other things. The episode titles are \u2013 \u2018The End\u2019, \u2018Bombers Arik Baar\u2019, \u2018The Challenge\u2019, \u2018Challenge Accepted\u2019, \u2018Into the League\u2019, \u2018Catastrophe Strikes\u2019, \u2018Bali vs Badol\u2019, \u2018Testing Times\u2019, \u2018Down and Out\u2019 and \u2018Fort Et Fier\u2019.<\/p>\n

Our Verdict:<\/h2>\n

Despite its shortcomings, Bombers as the inspirational story of a football team is worth a watch. In a country where the sports limelight is always stolen by cricket, such honest efforts which throw light on other sports, should be appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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