Bigil (2019) on Netflix
Michael "Bigil" Rayappan, a former footballer turned Royapuram gangster, agrees to coach the Tamil Nadu women's team after his friend Kathir is injured. The players refuse to cooperate with him.
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- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb6.7/1027,603 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes71%
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Plot summary
A former football player struggles to train a women's football team and avenge his father's death.
This movie revolves around on how a football player sacrifices his dream for his father, who is a gangster and who also wants his son to achieve big in football. Later, he gets a second chance to achieve his dream where he needs to coach a women's football team to glory with many obstacles.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Bigil (2019)
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- An electrician named Selvaraj was hospitalised while Bigil was shooting after a focus light fell on him from a height of 100 feet.
- On the last day of shooting Bigil, the team gave 400 gold rings stamped with the film's title to every technician who had worked on the film.
- Kiara Advani turned down the female lead in Bigil, Rashmika Mandanna was reported to have joined, and Nayanthara was finally chosen to play the female lead.
- Because stadiums across India had strict shoot timings and rules about where cameras could go, the team built a huge stadium-like set for Bigil, used extensive visual effects and imported special lighting from China made up of nine lakh watts.
- Bigil became the first Tamil film to be screened in IMAX format, and the first Tamil film released in Egypt and Jordan, where it premiered on 30 October and 5 November 2019.
- The Tamil Nadu government denied permission for early morning shows of Bigil and Karthi's Kaithi on 23 October 2019 after complaints that tickets were being sold at exorbitant rates.
- Vijay sang the song "Verithanam" in Bigil, the first time he had sung for a film composed by A. R. Rahman.
- After Bigil's release, the coach of the Madurai women's football team that won national qualifiers in Bangalore said parents were encouraging their daughters to take up football.
