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By IndiaFM News Bureau, May 22, 2007 - 14:36 IST
 Southall
United Football Club is facing its deepest crisis
ever. Bankrupt, with no stars, no coach, no sponsors,
no takers, no spectators and most importantly no
owner. After the city council sends an eviction
notice, it’s the last chance to save the ground, the
club and their honor. Now, Southall United must win
the Combined Counties Football League in their
otherwise last season. One man's dream takes the team
on a remarkable journey in this football-themed drama.
Shaan (Arshad Warsi) takes up the challenge to save
the club from extinction. After a disesteemed
ex-player, Tony Singh (Boman Irani) joins them as the
coach, in spite of the being sniggered, and laughed
at, he and Shaan, work to gather the worn out team.
Its hard work as they approach their first game.
Sunny Bhasin (John Abraham) dreams to play for England
crashes after his club does not select him. The reason
is apparently not his game but the color of his skin.
Sunny himself had always laughed at his own community
and Southall United. Sunny and Shaan could not ever
see eye to eye. Adding to their personal chaos is
Shaan’s cousin sister Rumana (Bipasha Basu) who is in
love with Sunny. Tony manages to convince Sunny to
play for Southall United. It takes a while before
Shaan and the team warms up to Sunny. With Sunny
joining Southall United the team gradually starts
climbing the points tally. The city council is
worried.
The only goal that the pragmatic Sunny has is winning-
with all of the material perks and fame that he can
acquire. He is more interested in being noticed
himself, than Southall United winning the cup. Johny
Bakshi (Dalip Tahil) a commentator and a frontman of
the council, plan to lure Sunny away from Southall
United. Sunny will need to sacrifices everything he
believed in for something which he never believed. His
love for Rumana, his relationship with his father and
his life are at stake.
Set within this is a contemporary story of the Asian
community in UK told through the dynamic prism of
professional sports. Competitive football only
provides the action-packed backdrop, as the story
takes an intimate look at a cross-section of Indians,
Pakistanis and other Asians living in England.
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