A Game of Two Halves, an Indo-British sports drama that explores themes of identity crisis and racial dissonance, is set for global release in 2024.
Directed by British-Asian filmmaker Khayam Khan (“Bus Ride”), the film is set in the UK and India. It chronicles the transformative coming-of-age journey of Sanjay, a young British student who discovers his true self not in the academic pressures of a prestigious university, but on the dusty fields of Hyderabad, India, while teaching football to underprivileged children.
The cast includes Saaj Raja (“Eternals”), Harish Khanna (“12th Fail”), Lucy Jackson (“The Ride”), Swaroopa Ghosh (“War”), Nikkita Chadha (“Barbie”), Sudha Bhuchar (“Mary Poppins Returns”), Chizzy Akudolu (“Holby City”), Rajiv Kumar Aneja (“Tiger Nageswara Rao”), Pawan Chopra (“Asur”) and Sachin Chaudhary (“Sacred Games”).
The film is written by Shirley Day (My Day). It is produced by Nicola Gregory and Sheila Nortley under the banners of K Squared Films, 2HotFilms and Emineo Films and will be distributed internationally by Shiladitya Bora’s Platoon One Films.
Khan said: “Having grown up in an emerging multicultural Britain, where I was one of the few brown-skinned kids at school, I identify with Sanjay and sympathise with his struggle for acceptance. Sanjay tries to be accepted by the cool kids by following the beautiful Shreya, but learns his true nature through the life lessons the kids teach him. In the film I want to show the juxtaposition of what we think our identity is and what it really is when we find ourselves and are comfortable in the skin we have been blessed with.
“A Game of Two Halves will be released in India, the UK and North America on 23 February 2024.
