Based on the observation of the insecurities of the middle class and the fact that parents burden their children with their dreams, the film becomes an underdog story, notes Deepa Gahlot.

In a country where cricket is so popular, even a society tournament is played with all the competitiveness of a World Cup match.

Every gully cricket player dreams of one day wearing the national team’s shirt, but many others fall by the wayside and get back to everyday life.

Shubham Yogis Kacchey Limbu (streaming on Jio Cinema) explores the tensions that arise in a middle-class family when son Akash (Rajat Barmecha) would rather quit a job to snag a starting spot in a proposed Underarm Premier League.

He has the ability to hit any ball for a six but is still limited to gully cricket at the age of 26, leading to his great disappointment.

His sister Aditi (Radhika Madan) is nicknamed “Ditto” because she used to imitate her brother. She would have liked to play cricket but like an obedient girl she is learning Bharata Natyam because her mother (Purva Parag) says so and has to try to study medicine in college because her father (Mahesh Thakur) wants that for her.

She wants to be a fashion designer, but as her father says, every girl at that age wants to be one.

At one of these dinner table discussions, Akash says that if Aditi forms her own team and beats him at the society tournament, he will go to an interview.

She accepts the challenge, but has no idea how to put together a five-player team (it’s not an 11-player team in gully cricket).

Kabir (Ayush Saini), who has a crush on her, transfers from Akash’s team to Aditis.

The remaining three are an elderly former player (Jaywant Wadkar), a child (Vedaansh Jaju) and alcoholic company security officer Zakir (Faiz Khan).

Based on the observation of the insecurities of the middle class and the fact that parents burden their children with their dreams, the film becomes an underdog story – lagan is duly referenced.

The company manager derisively calls the unlikely team Kacchey Limboso Aditi gives this name to her team.

Then the story ticks all the boxes – their training for the game and keeping their morale up when no one thinks they have even half a chance of winning the first game, and so on.

The characters really need to be fleshed out – the child, for example, doesn’t seem to have parental supervision.

How is Kabir so close to Zakir? The keeper is the one who wants to play to win, otherwise, as he asks, why play at all?

Amidst this tension, Akash develops a budding romance with a stand-up comedian (Aisha Ahmed).

The bitterness of sibling rivalry remains unexplored.

A large part is then played by the tournament, which is hardly exciting considering that it is held in a very small space between buildings and the 6 is a small banner fixed between buildings.

Radhika Madan boldly tries to bring energy and nerve to the role, but it never seems that the outcome of the low-stakes game will have much of an impact on her future, and the story is mostly predictable.

Rajat Barmecha looks stiff and uncomfortable, and Ayush Mehra doesn’t quite manage to flaunt the heartthrob’s cuteness.

Shubham Yogi manages to infuse some charm and emotional strength Kacchey Limbubut as the title suggests, this is a raw first feature film.

Kacchey Limbo Stream on Jio Cinema.

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