"The Dream That United Our Nation"
Set in 1948, the historic story of India's first Olympic medal post their independence.
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Akshay Kumar
Balbir Singh
Mouni Roy
Monobina Das
Kumud Pant
Elite Indian Male
Kunal Kapoor
Samrat
Amit Sadh
Raghubir Pratap Singh
Vineet Kumar Singh
Imtiaz Shah
Sunny Kaushal
Himmat Singh
Abdul Quadir Amin
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Andrew Havill
Sir James Benson
Jason Redshaw
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