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Ageism in sports

Every Indian movie with a sports theme follows the same rah-rah template of the underdog climbing to the top despite numerous obstacles

A still from Jersey
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A still from Jersey

J Jagannath
In this hectic world of ours, an individual's validation in society somehow seems to hinge on how much they achieved at a young age. This truism gets even more accentuated in the world of spectator sports where one is basically considered a fossil for still being a professional after 35. This is why Gowtam Tinnanuri's Jersey is a timely reminder that age is just a number, even in the cutthroat world of sports.

This Telugu film is a fictional story of Ranji cricketer Arjun (Nani in sensational form) who gives up the sport in his mid-20s and wields the bat again